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• In summary six deerNehicle collision were reported in 2000 with four deer confirmed killed and <br />one probable. There was seven confirmed kills in 1998 and only one in 1999. The overall <br />vehicle traffic has increased from 1999 to 2000. The number of bicarb haul trucks (15 per day) <br />is greater than the number in 1999. Total vehicle traffic was approximately 26/day. Most deer <br />migrate to higher elevations in May and return in September. Typically deer are concentrated <br />near the open roadsides in the winter and early spring, resulting in increased road kills in the <br />spring. Due to an open winter in 2000 deer did not concentrate along roads during the winter <br />months as bad as some previous years. <br />6.2.3 Raptor Survey <br />Per mitigation requirements of the BLM Record of Decision, annual raptor breeding activity <br />• was monitored. Raptor breeding activity inventories are conducted in the planned well <br />field to identify breeding/nesting areas. As a result of inventories, mitigation or modification <br />of drilling activity can be developed prior to disturbance. <br />In 2000, raptor transects were re-flagged and inventories performed from April to June. <br />The great horned owl nest (utilized by the sharp shinned hawk in 1998 and 1999) located <br />near 4-3H was not occupied. A pair of blue birds utilized a juniper tree near the access <br />road for a nesting site, which was utilized by kestrels in 1999. The nest was located in a <br />hole of the tree, approximately four feet from the ground. The number of babies in the nest <br />is unknown, but two young blue birds were noticed in the nest tree. Red tailed hawks were <br />noted several times on the mine site. Two golden eagles have been observed each year <br />• 88 <br />