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Common Name Scientific Name <br />Fed/ <br />State/ <br />CNPS <br />Other <br />Status Habitat Micro Habitat Potential <br />to Occur <br />Justification for <br />Determination <br />Greater <br />sandhill crane <br />Antigone <br />canadensis <br />tabida <br />-/- <br />CDFW_FP- <br />Fully <br />Protected <br />Wetlands <br />Forages in harvested corn fields, <br />winter wheat, irrigated <br />pastures, alfalfa fields, and <br />fallow fields. Roosts in open <br />shallowly flooded fields and <br />wetlands. <br />High <br />Suitable habitat present <br />for foraging and roosting, <br />and they have been <br />observed regularly in the <br />winter within the Study <br />Area. <br />golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos -/- <br />BLM_S- <br />Sensitive | <br />CDF_S- <br />Sensitive | <br />CDFW_FP- <br />Fully <br />Protected | <br />CDFW_WL- <br />Watch List | <br />IUCN_LC- <br />Least <br />Concern | <br />USFWS_BCC <br />-Birds of <br />Conservatio <br />n Concern <br />Broadleaved upland forest | <br />Cismontane woodland | Coastal <br />prairie | Great Basin grassland | <br />Great Basin scrub | Lower <br />montane coniferous forest | <br />Pinon & juniper woodlands | <br />Upper montane coniferous <br />forest | Valley & foothill <br />grassland <br />Rolling foothills, mountain <br />areas, sage-juniper flats, and <br />desert. Cliff-walled canyons <br />provide nesting habitat in most <br />parts of range; also, large trees <br />in open areas. <br />Moderate <br />Suitable foraging habitat <br />exists in the Study area <br />and Golden Eagle are <br />regularly observed <br />foraging. Suitable nest <br />trees are present, but no <br />nesting has been <br />recorded within 1 mile of <br />the Study Area. <br />great egret Ardea alba -/- <br />CDF_S- <br />Sensitive | <br />IUCN_LC- <br />Least <br />Concern <br />Brackish marsh | Estuary | <br />Freshwater marsh | Marsh & <br />swamp | Riparian forest | <br />Wetland <br />Colonial nester in large trees. <br />Rookery sites located near <br />marshes, tide-flats, irrigated <br />pastures, and margins of rivers <br />and lakes. <br />High <br />Suitable habitat exists <br />within the Study Area, <br />and several recorded <br />occurrences are located <br />nearby. <br />great blue <br />heron Ardea herodias -/- <br />CDF_S- <br />Sensitive | <br />IUCN_LC- <br />Least <br />Concern <br />Brackish marsh | Estuary | <br />Freshwater marsh | Marsh & <br />swamp | Riparian forest | <br />Wetland <br />Colonial nester in tall trees, <br />cliffsides, and sequestered spots <br />on marshes. Rookery sites close <br />to foraging areas: marshes, lake <br />margins, tide-flats, rivers, <br />streams, wet meadows. <br />High <br />Suitable habitat exists <br />within the Study Area, <br />and several recorded <br />occurrences are located <br />nearby. <br />short-eared owl Asio flammeus -/- <br />CDFW_SSC- <br />Species of <br />Special <br />Concern | <br />IUCN_LC- <br />Least <br />Concern <br />Great Basin grassland | Marsh & <br />swamp | Meadow & seep | <br />Valley & foothill grassland | <br />Wetland <br />Found in swamp lands, both <br />fresh and salt; lowland <br />meadows; irrigated alfalfa fields. <br />Tule patches/tall grass needed <br />for nesting/daytime seclusion. <br />Nests on dry ground in <br />Moderate <br />Species has been <br />observed at several <br />locations throughout the <br />Delta. If borings are <br />located away from <br />wetlands, no suitable