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fine gravel will attract doves. Band-tailed pigeon occur as migrants <br />• through the area in the spring and fall and as summer residents. <br />One member of the order Cuculifarmes (the yellow-billed cuckoo), eight <br />members of the order Stigiformes (owls), two members of Caprimulgiformes <br />(goatsuckers), seven members of Aprodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds), and <br />one species of Coraciiformes (belted kingfisher) are present in the area. <br />Eight members of the order Piciformes (woodpeckers and sapsuckers) are pre- <br />sent in the region. They are important in determining the presence of <br />other species of birds in the area because they excavate nesting cavities, <br />on which other orders of birds must rely for suitable nesting sites. <br />The order Passer iformes (perching birds) is a large complex group of <br />130 species occurring within the region. The order includes insectivorous <br />• groups such as flycatchers, swallows, wrens, bluebirds, warblers, and <br />shrikes; herbivorous groups such as grosbeak, finches, and sparrows; and <br />omnivorous groups such as blackbirds, jays, crows, and thrushes. <br />Threatened and Endangered Birds <br />Three species of birds reported in the region, the peregrine falcon, <br />whooping crane, and bald eagle are listed as endangered by both the DOW and <br />USFWS. <br />Sandhill cranes stop over in the vicinity of Highline Lake and east <br />Salt Wash and may be part of the Grey's Lake (Idaho) nesting population <br />that are being used as foster parents for endangered whooping cranes. <br />These birds migrate between their nesting habitat at Grey's Lake National <br />• Wildlife Refuge and their winter range at Bosque del Apache NWR (New <br />2.04-60 <br />