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Dwarf Shrew (Sorex nanus) Primarily alpine and sub-alpine areas with rock slides and
<br />talus. Low elevation sage flats and pinyon-juniper are also potential habitat. Less
<br />commonly they are found at lower elevations in shrubby foothill slopes sedge marshes,
<br />and dry short grass prairie habitat.. Elevational zones range from 5,500 feet to alpine
<br />habitats. Also occurs in various coniferous stands. Less restricted to moist areas than
<br />other shrews
<br />To~vnsend's Big-eared Bat (Plecotus townsendii) Occupies semi-desert shmblands,
<br />pinyon juniper woodlands, and open montane forests. Associated with caves and
<br />abandoned mines for day roosts and hibemacula, but will use crevices on cliffs for
<br />refuge. Relatively sedentary, and do not move long distances from hibernacula to
<br />summer roosts, nor do they forage far from day roosts. These bats are late flyers,
<br />emerging well after dazk. Up to --9,500 feet. Variety of scrub and forest habitats.
<br />Spotted Bat (Euderma maculatum) Likely found from 6,000-8,000 feet in Colorado.
<br />Rough, and, desert terrain with cliffs for roosting, especially over perennial water
<br />sources. Forages in other habitats including ponderosa pine, pinyon juniper, desert scmb,
<br />open pastures, hayfields, and marshy azeas adjacent to lakes.
<br />BIRDS
<br />Columbian sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanachus phasianellus columbianus) The
<br />Columbian Sharp-tailed grouse inhabits sagebrush steppe, mountain mohogany-oak,
<br />fescue grasslands, wheat grass-bluegrass, riparian, and mountain shrub communities.
<br />The mountain shrub community is usually compromised of serviceberry, snowberry, .
<br />chokecherry, and Gamble oak. Leks (breeding sites) of this species are usually on knolls,
<br />ridgetops, or benches that aze higher than the surrounding topography.
<br />Olive-sided Flycatcher (COntODt[S borealis) Olive-sided flycatchers prefer tall conifers
<br />and mixed woods neaz edges, clearings and wooded streams. They are most often
<br />observed perching, singing, or catching for insects at or near the tops of tall trees or
<br />snags. They forage by "hawking" flying insects from snags, tree tops, and on high
<br />exposed limbs and therefore inhabit stands with a low canopy cover percentage. Bumed
<br />azeas with residual tall snags are favored. Open mature spruce/fir and Douglas fir,
<br />especially with abundant dead trees and bordering meadows, bogs, and other open
<br />foraging areas. Other coniferous, aspen, and riparian forests used less often. Forages in
<br />woodlands near edges, clearings, bogs, streams, bumed areas. Uses tall exposed perches
<br />in tops or high exposed limbs of trees.
<br />Golden-crowned Kinglet: (ReQUlus satrapa) The golden-crowned kinglet is fairly non-
<br />specific in its requirements, needing only dense, shrubby undergrowth. It utilizes a wide
<br />variety of habitats throughout its range, including the undergrowth of deciduous or
<br />coniferous forests, brushy woodland edges, woodland thickets, bumed coniferous and
<br />logged/thinned forests, riparian woodlands, willow thickets (especially with adjacent
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