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<br />1. Strip transect censuses for _^_asserine birds and upland game birds <br />2. Ground surveys to determine the presence and status of raptor nests <br />3. Surveys of wet areas to determine presence and abundance of waterfcxul <br />and shorebirds <br />4. Waterfowl and upland game bird brood pxnduction surveys <br />In addition to the above-listed specific census techniques, opportunistic <br />sightings of raptorial birds, game birds, and waterfowl were recorded <br />by species, habitat type, and location on wildlife observation forms during <br />all field activities. <br />Passerine Birds. Passerine birds were censured along transect 13.nes piaeecl <br />within each of the following major vegetation types on the study area: <br />• 1. Upland sagebrush <br />2. Grassland pasture <br />3. Riparian <br />4. Alfalfa field <br />5. Juniper <br />Transects were 0.5 ktn in length and were completely oontained within the <br />vegetation type being sampled (Nlsp 11-1, Appendix A) (see Results, page 31). <br />For the breeding bird census, a qualified observer gated each transact and <br />stopped evezy SOm to record all birds seen or heard during a £ive-minute interval <br />within 25n of the stop. The manUers of all bizds seen or heard (including non- <br />passerines) were recorded by species and habitat type. Breeding birds were <br />censured on clear, calm, warm morning in June, 1979. Censuses were conducted <br />for three ~nsective days. <br />_ i;_ <br />JUN i 1 1980 <br />• <br />(Revised July 2006) Attachment 2.04.11-i-13 <br />