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Natural Environment Study (Minimal Impacts) <br />Table 2b: Listed, Proposed, and Special -Status Animal Species Potentially Occurring or Known to <br />Occur in the Vicinity of the BSA <br />Common Name <br />Scientific Name <br />Status Listing <br />General Habitat Description <br />Habitat <br />Present/Absent <br />Rationale <br />tricolored blackbird <br />Agelaius tricolor <br />US: - <br />Highly colonial nester largely endemic <br />HA <br />There are no known occurrences in the <br />(nesting colony) <br />CA: SSC <br />to California. Most numerous in the <br />vicinity of the BSA, and suitable habitat <br />Central Valley and vicinity. Requires <br />does not occur within the BSA. <br />open water, protected nesting substrate, <br />and a foraging area with insect prey <br />within a few kilometers of the colony. <br />Southern California <br />Aimophila ruficeps <br />US: - <br />Resident in Southern California CSS <br />HA <br />There are no known occurrences in the <br />rufous -crowned <br />canescens <br />CA: CSA <br />and sparse mixed chaparral. Frequents <br />vicinity of the BSA, and suitable habitat <br />sparrow <br />relatively steep, often rocky hillsides <br />does not occur within the BSA. <br />with rass and forb patches. <br />grasshopper <br />Ammodramus <br />US: - <br />Occurs in dense grasslands, preferring <br />HA <br />There are no known occurrences in the <br />sparrow (nesting) <br />savannarum <br />CA: SSC <br />native grasslands with a mixture of forbs <br />vicinity of the BSA, and suitable habitat <br />and shrubs. <br />does not occur within the BSA. <br />Great blue heron <br />Ardea herodias <br />US: - <br />Found in freshwater and saltwater <br />HA <br />While individuals may forage along the <br />(nesting colony) <br />CA: CSA <br />marsh habitats. Also forages in <br />Santa Ana River, suitable nesting colony <br />grasslands and agricultural fields. Most <br />habitat is absent in the BSA. <br />breeding colonies are located near <br />feeding areas, often in isolated swamps <br />or on islands, and near lakes and ponds <br />bordered by forests. <br />long-eared owl <br />Asio otus <br />US: - <br />Occurs in dense coniferous or <br />HA <br />There are no known occurrences in the <br />CA: SSC <br />deciduous forest habitats, often near <br />vicinity of the BSA, and suitable habitat <br />more open foraging habitat. <br />does not occur within the BSA. <br />burrowing owl <br />Athene cunicularia <br />US: - <br />Burrows in open, dry, annual or <br />HA <br />There are no known occurrences in the <br />(burrow sites and <br />CA: SSC <br />perennial grasslands, deserts, and <br />general vicinity of the BSA, and suitable <br />some wintering <br />scrublands characterized by <br />habitat does not occur within the BSA. <br />sites) <br />low -growing vegetation. Subterranean <br />No small mammal burrows were <br />nester, dependent on burrowing <br />observed within one vacant lot located <br />mammals, most notably the California <br />partially within the BSA. <br />rounds uirre1. <br />ferruginous hawk <br />Buteo regalis <br />US: - <br />Found in open country in western North <br />HA <br />There are no known occurrences in the <br />(wintering) <br />CA: CSA <br />America; migrates north to Canada in <br />vicinity of the BSA, and suitable habitat <br />summer and south to Mexico in winter. <br />does not occur within the BSA. <br />Fairview Street Improvements from 9th Street to 16th Street and Bridge Replacement Project 25 <br />