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Criterion 13 <br />Federal lands containing a falcon (excluding kestrel) cliff-nercting site with an active nest and buffer zone <br />of federal land around the nest site shall be considered unsuitable. Consideration of availability of habitat <br />for prey species and of terrain shall be included in the determination of buffer zones. Buffer zones shall be <br />determined in consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. <br />I) ce - A lease may be issued where the surface management agency, after consultation with <br />the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, determines that all or certain stipulated methods of coal mining <br />will not adversely affect the falcon habitat during the periods when such habitat is used by the <br />falcons. <br />nal i <br />Although both peregrine and prairie falcons are known to nest within the general region, no falcon cliff- <br />nesting sites are known to exist on federal lands within the rev:.ew area. Suitable cliff-nesting habitat is not <br />present within or in the imrnediate vicinity of [lie review area. The entire proposed tract is, therefore, <br />suitable for leasing. <br />Criterion 14 <br />Federal lands which are high priority habitat for migratory biro. species of high federal interest on a regional <br />or national basis, as determined jointly by the surface management agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife <br />Service, shall be considered unsuitable. <br />1) ce t' - A lease may be issued where the surface management agency, after consultation with <br />the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, determines that all or certain stipulated methods of coal mining <br />will not adversely affect the migratory bird habitat during the periods when such habitat is used by <br />the species. <br />Analvsi~ <br />The following list of migratory bird species of high federal interest are potential seasonal residents and could <br />breed within the review area or other nearby areas: <br />Band-tailed pigeon <br />Black swift <br />Western bluebird <br />Loggerhead shrike <br />Williamson's sapsucker <br />Olive-sided flycatcher <br />Southwestern willow fl}~catcher <br />Lewis' woodpecker <br />Three-toed woodpecker <br />Great blue heron <br />Cooper's hawk <br />Northern Goshawk <br />Peregrine falcon <br />Prairie falcon <br />Flammulated owl <br />Golden eagle <br />/} -G- <br />