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• Birds <br />Gallinaceous Birds <br />Rule 1: <br />This group of birds was represented by two species: the Merriam's turkey and mourning dove. Only <br />turkeys were present in the azea yeaz-round. <br />Turkeys were observed during the aerial surveys, the May roadside counts, and the breeding bird counts. <br />A total ofthirty-one turkeys were observed in the grassland and mountain shrub habitat types during these <br />surveys. The CDO W has identified the entire property, including the permit azea as turkey overall range <br />and the southern three quarters of the area as a winter concentration azea. Overall range is defined as the <br />azea that encompasses all known seasonal activity azeas within the observed range ofMerriam's turkeys. <br />Winter concentration areas aze that part of the range where densities aze 40 percent higher than the <br />surrounding area during the winter. <br />Although mourning doves were observed in the property, they were only observed from May through <br />September. During the breeding bird counts, doves were observed only in grassland and mountain shrub <br />areas ofthe property. However, doves were observed throughout the property during other field surveys. <br />Raptors <br />The CDOW has indicated that 20species ofnon-threatened or endangered raptors may potentially occur <br />within the general vicinityofthe property. Ofthis total, 13 aze diurnal species and seven are nocturnal. <br />Four of these species were observed during the study. <br />Overall, raptors occupy all major habitat types within the property. However, types occupied by individual <br />species varied. With allraptorspeciespooled,mostobservationswereassociatedwiththepinyon-oak <br />habitat type (50 percent of all roadside count observations). <br />Sixteen potential raptor nest sites were located during 1996. Subsequent nest surveys indicated none of <br />these nests were active during 1996. <br />Overall, the most commonly observed raptor species was the red-tailed hawk. However, relative <br />abundancesofthisspecieswasstilllow. Maximumred-tailedhawkabundancewas0.Sbirdspermile <br />during the roadside counts. Generally, observations indicate all species have relative abundances of less <br />than 0.1 birds per mile of road. <br />Two golden eagles were observed on Lorencito Creek during the February field work. The birds were <br />observed neaz awinter-kill mule deer doe. No other golden eagles were observed within the property. <br />• ~,~„~;,aPm,.P~~a~:~~„iy:~i.,,m 2.04-55 (revised 07/25/01) <br />P~-o I <br />