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`~ to -the :north cof +the site. :The .;197.5 estimate ifor rSharp- <br />•.tai"led grouse ~densi.ty in the tstu3y site ,region was '4.-88 <br />birds .per square :mile (Colorado .Division •of 1w.ildlife, "'1976) <br />:2.5.5 :Charadiiformes (Shorebirds) <br />Small -populations of killdeer, -a shorebir8,•wliYph <br />.inhabits open :'fields rand pastur-es, .,may occur rnear !the <br />study :site in rHayden :and .Dowden 'Gulches. .However„ '~kiP]:deer <br />are snot 'like y ;to .be in -.the :mountain shrub ,vegeta.dion ,of <br />the.study site. Several kill'deer~were-dbserveci•along'Dry <br />CCreek, capproximately.ffive miles "from the sY.te in:~habitat <br />i csimilartto thatralong both .Hayden 'and:Dowden Gulches. <br />12.5.6 Columbiformes (Pigeons and Doves) <br />:In }year-s rdf -,good acorn .production `band=.ta ilea ,pi~geoas , <br />~ zare common ':ia .the vicinity -.of ahe :study site (Hector, '1976) <br />The range cof gone of -three population concentrations of "band= <br />Mails ,in Routt 2ounty : is located .north .of -the -study -site <br />.in fhe:hea3wa.ter iiraiaages of ~4atering Trough Gulch. .The <br />•prevalancecof:oaks on the•study"site provides excellent <br />fora"ge-fpr'ban3-tails. However„ .late frost in'1976 clestr.oyei3 <br />the :acorn :cropzand.no pigeons were seen during the faunal <br />surveys. xEs.timated density of .band-tails on_the.study:site <br />is 18:birrds,per square mile, which is considered good to <br />~exceliYent rpopulation :density :for this . species ~ (Colorado <br />tDivisson:of Wildlife, :19.7.b) . '.They are classified .as _a -game <br />rbird :zn !Color-ado, ]legally ~hunteii durir,il a restricted. bag <br />]hiiu3t, ~setseason:in.the:faTl •(see:Figure 2.:4).. <br />~ :Dfourning doves :are -a ubiquitous .species, 'found <br />throughout Colorado znd several-doves were seen in.-the <br />vicins.ty 'of the-study site. The majority of:mourning <br />:doves .in the dicinity:of the study site .are•migratorial, <br />~_ ~utiliz,ing•the study site during spring .and summer. :Doves <br />zare game :birds :in~Colorado•with a.short hunti-ng.season.in <br />~ 'the fall. Norharvest•records.for the.study.site_are <br />available. <br />2.5.;7 :'Strigiformes .(Owls) <br />Both screech oti+ls:and great horned owls are.year- <br />round resi`dents:in_the'Williams.Fork.MOUntains. -Great <br />_ !horned.owl's were 'seen ;on:several~occasions on•or.near the <br />study site, indicating their .relative abundance. :The <br />"Colorado Division of :Wildlife (1976) 'indicates•tha.t.only <br />'the cottonwood .;groves along the',Yampa'River:.provi3e:great <br />horned•.owl•.nesting.habitat. Their prevalence iin:thergeneral <br />-53- <br />