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• One raptor observation made outside the permit aces during the <br />Colony study period was reported to be a peregrine falcon (Smith <br />1973). It is not know whether the bird was a transient or a <br />breeder. The availability of suitable nesting sites (rocky cliffs <br />over 200 feet in height) makes breeding status a possibility. <br />Peregrine falcon nests have not been reported in the vicinity by <br />the Division of Wildlife in many years. <br />In 1976 and 1979, Union Oil Company sponsored a survey for pere- <br />grine falcons in the Parachute Creek area. A Division of Wildlife <br />representative participated in the survey. No peregrine falcons <br />or nest sites attributed to them were observed (Cloninger, 1979). <br />Owls reported as residents within the permit areas include the <br />screech owl, great-horned owl, and saw-whet owl (Smith, 1973). <br />• UPLAND GAME BIRDS <br />These species are, like deer and elk, important for both economic <br />(recreational) and aesthetic reasons. Upland fowl reported within <br />the Colony permit areas include blue grouse, which are common <br />in areas of mixed shrubs, aspen, and conifers on the Roan Plateau; <br />sage grouse, which are uncommon and apparently restricted to <br />sagebrush communities on the plateau uplands; and chukar partridge, <br />which are uncommon and mostly limited to rocky slopes found near <br />the Grand Valley permit areas. Cringan (1973a,b) reported that <br />ring-necked pheasants and wild turkeys formerly occurred at lower <br />elevations within the Grand Valley permit areas and may still <br />be present in small numbers. <br />The mourning dove and the band-tailed pigeon inhabit the permit <br />areas, the former most often at lower elevations and the latter <br />particularly among oaks and serviceberries. <br />• <br />H-8 <br />