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III. Environmental Setting, Impacts, and Mitigations <br /> F. Vegetation and Wildlife <br /> TABLE III.F.1 WILDLIFE SPECIES OBSERVED ON AND ADJACENT TO THE AUSTIN ROAD <br /> LANDFILL EXPANSION SITE* <br /> Common Name Species Name <br /> Mammals Blacktailed jackrabbit Lepus californicus <br /> California ground squirrel Spermophilus beecheyi <br /> Reptiles Western fence lizard Sceloporus occidentalis <br /> Birds Yellow-billed magpie Pica nuttalli <br /> Common crow Corvus brachyrhynchos <br /> Lark sparrow Chondestes grammacus <br /> House sparrow Passer domesticus <br /> European starling Sturnus vulgaris <br /> Red-winged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus <br /> Song sparrow Melospiza melodic <br /> California gull Larus californicus <br /> Killdeer Charadrius vociferus <br /> Mourning dove Zenaida macroura <br /> House finch Carpodacus mexicanus <br /> Western meadowlark Sturnella neglecta <br /> American robin Turdus migratorius <br /> Cliff swallow Hirundo pyrrhonota <br /> Barn swallow Hirundo rustica <br /> California towhee Pipilo crissalis <br /> Roufous-sided towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus <br /> Anna's hummingbird Calypte anna <br /> Yellow-rumped warbler Dendroica coronata <br /> Red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis <br /> Swainson's hawk Buteo swainsoni <br /> Northern harrier Circus cyaneus <br /> American kestrel Falco sparverius <br /> Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia <br /> Mallard Anas platyrhynchos <br /> Cinnamon teal Anas cyanoptera <br /> Common goldeneye Bucephala clangula <br /> American coot Fulica americana <br /> Great egret Casmerodius albus <br /> Great blue heron Ardea herodias <br /> American avocet Recurvirostra americana <br /> Western sandpiper Calidris mauri <br /> Redhead Athya americana <br /> California quail Callipepla californica <br /> Common merganser Mergus merganser <br /> * With the exception of one pair of mallards and one great egret observed in Little Johns Creek on March 19, <br /> 1993,all observations of waterfowl and shorebirds were confined to the off-site CYA detention basin <br /> located immediately north of the study area. <br /> SOURCE: Environmental Science Associates,Inc., 1993. <br /> III.F.8 <br />