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C? <br />2000 Incubating or brooding, no Brooding, 1 chick seen Incubating or brooding, no <br /> young seen young seen <br />2001 Incubating or brooding, no Pair seen in area, not tending Brooding, 1 chick seen <br /> young seen nest <br />2002 Brooding, 1 chick seen Incubating or brooding, no Incubating or brooding, no <br /> young seen young seen <br />2003 Brooding, 1 chick seen Incubating or brooding, no Incubating or brooding, no <br /> young seen young seen <br />2004 Brooding, 2 chicks seen Incubating or brooding, no Incubating or brooding, no <br /> young seen young seen <br />2005 Adult feeding young, 1 chick Adult feeding young, at least No activity in vicinity <br /> seen 1 chick assumed <br />2006 Incubating or brooding, no Brooding, 1 chick seen Incubating or brooding, no <br /> young seen young seen <br />2007 Incubating or brooding, no Incubating or brooding, no No activity in vicinity <br /> young seen young seen <br />2008 Active, bird on nest Active, feeding young Incubating, both adults in area <br />tIn 1996 biologists returned in mid-June to determine the success of eagle nests. In all other years, nesting <br />• information was obtained between 21 April and 6 May. <br />SANDHILL CRANE ACTIVITY <br />Although sandhill cranes were documented within the permit area in late April 2008, no <br />nesting activity was observed during the site visit. Biologists recorded two adult sandhill cranes <br />foraging within reclamation in SW SE Section 12, TSN, R87W on 28 April. Cranes nested <br />nearby, from 2004 through 2006, at the periphery of a mine reservoir at the south edge of the <br />permit area in SW SE Section 12. A pair of cranes was observed in SE SW Section 7 on 28 <br />April. Observations indicated that the pair might be on a territory, but no courtship or nesting <br />behavior was observed. <br />LITERATURE CITED <br />Cannon, R.W. and F.L. Knopf. 1981. Lek numbers as a trend index to prairie grouse populations. <br />Journal of Wildlife Management 45:776-778. <br />Hoffman, R.W. 2001. Northwest Colorado Columbian sharp-tailed grouse conservation plan. <br />• Northwest Colorado Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse Work Group and Colorado Division <br />of Wildlife, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. <br />2007 Seneca 11 Mine Wildlife Monitoring Page 7