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• The second lek, Seneca 2, was active for the tenth consecutive year in 2007. On 22 April, <br />21 males were documented at the lek. Peak male attendance has remained relatively stable, <br />averaging 22 males/year, with the exception of the lower numbers observed in 1998 and 2006. <br />The third lek in reclamation, Seneca 3, was active for the sixth consecutive year in 2007. <br />• <br />Male sharp-tailed grouse were observed in that area from 1998 through 2000, while the first <br />Table 1. Peak counts of sharp-tailed grouse at leks on the Seneca II permit area from <br /> 1995 through 2007. <br /> SENECA 1 SENEC.a 2 SENEC.~ 3 ' SENF,CA 4 <br />Year Mal. Fem. Total Mal. Fem. Total Mal. 'Fem. Total Mal. ~ Fem. 'Total <br />1995 15 ? ? <br />1996 13 3 16 <br />1997 10 7 17 <br />1998 15 2 17 12 2 14 <br />1999 16 2 18 ? ? 21 <br />2000 18+ S+ 42 22+ 7+ 38 <br />2001 27+ 3+ 38 21 4 25 <br />2002 17+ 0+ 22 33 4 37 12+ 1+ 16 <br />2003 18 3 21 28 6 34 18 3 21 <br />2004 20+ 0+ 24 27 4 31 21 3 24 6 0 6 <br />2005 13+ 0+ 15 27+ 3+ 39 28+ 2+ 34 10 2 12 <br />2006 7+ 0+ 10, 11 0 11 19 4 23 7 5 12 <br />2007 5+ 0+ 6 21 2 23 26 1 27 13 1 14 <br /> Mal. =Males <br /> Fem. =Females <br /> ? =Unknown number of grouse for that category. <br /> + =Minimum count, other birds of same sex may have been present. <br />• documentation of females at the site occurred in 2001. Since it was officially designated as a lek <br />site in 2001, male attendance has averaged 20.6 males and has increased each year except in <br />2007 Seneca li Mine Wildlife Monitoring Page l0 <br />