HomeMy WebLinkAboutLANDMARK APARTMENTS EXPANSION - FDP190002 - CORRESPONDENCE - WILDLIFE DOCUMENTSAll trees were surveyed for evidence of avian nesting activity. No occupied or unoccupied nests were located, and I had no observations of possible nesting
songbirds, with one exception. I did observe one male red -winged blackbird singing from one of the willows at the west end of the wetland drainage. Red -
winged blackbirds typically nest in dense cattail stands, and it is possible this species could nest in cattails supported in the wetland drainage on the
property. The current development proposal indicates the existing wetland drainage would be protected by a 50-foot buffer so there would be no direct
disturbance of possible cattail nest sites. Since urban -adapted populations of red -winged blackbirds are relatively tolerant of human presence, it unlikely that
development activities, outside the buffer zone, would have a negative effect on possible red -winged blackbird nesting activity in the wetland drainage.
This concludes the summary of my findings and should satisfy the City's request for an update to the existing ECSR. Please give me a call if you have any
questions or require additional information about this survey.
Mike
Michael Phelan
Wildlife and Wetlands Consultant
916 Willshire Ave.,
Fort Collins, CO 80521
(970) 231-3680
Stephen Olt
From: cathy@tbgroup.us
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2019 2:41 PM
To: Brandy Bethurem Harras
Cc: Kim Berry
Subject: FW: Songbird Nest Survey for the Landmark Apartments Development Site
Hi Brandy
Can you include this email into the submittal for Kelly? Thanks!
Cathy Mathis, APA
Partner
TB I Group
landscape architecture I planning
444 Mountain Avenue
Berthoud, Colorado 80513
970.532.5891
Cathy@TBGrouo.us
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From: T. Michael Phelan <mphelan@bajabb.com>
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2019 2:04 PM
To: Kim Berry <kberry@rtacq.com>
Cc: kristin@tbgroup.us; cathy@tbgroup.us
Subject: Songbird Nest Survey for the Landmark Apartments Development Site
Kim,
At the request of the City of Fort Collins' planning apartment, I completed a songbird nest survey of the Landmark Apartments development site to provided
updated information for the Ecological Characterization Study Report (ECSR) previously completed for the project site. Trees surveyed on the property consist of
Siberian elms along the south property boundary, crack willows and a green ash at the west end of the wetland drainage, one dead Siberian elm near the west
property boundary north of the wetland drainage, and one honey locust near the east property boundary due east of the dead Siberian elm. All the live trees
were just starting to leaf out, which facilitated visual scanning of the trees to locate any evidence of existing nests or nesting activity.