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Cooper's hawks (Accipiter cooperii). Those nests were widely scattered over the area and were <br />• isolated from each other. Given their spacing, it is very likely that the nests were in three <br />different raptor territories. <br />The other four nests in the 1-mile perimeter were cliff nests. Three of the cliff nests were <br />very close to each other (in SE'/a SW'/a Section 16 and NE'/a NW'/a Section 21, TSN, R88W); <br />the fourth nest was one-half mile away (in SW'/a NW'/4, Section 21). It is very likely that all four <br />of the cliff nests were within the same golden eagle territory. In April, a golden eagle was <br />observed incubating on the nest in NE'/a NW'/a Section 21. In June, when young should have <br />been present, no adults or chicks were seen at the nest. Also, there was no evidence (e.g. <br />excrement, preened feathers, etc.) that young had been in the nest. Apparently the eagles' <br />breeding attempt failed during incubation or shortly afterwards. <br />No nests were found in Section 10, TSN, R88W in June; there was little raptor nesting <br />• <br /> <br />habitat (cliffs and trees) in the Section. The only raptor seen in the area was an single adult <br />Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsont) that briefly flew over the biologist. That bird did not display <br />nest defense behavior. <br />1996 Seneca II-W Mine Wildlife Monitoring <br />Page 8 <br />