HomeMy WebLinkAboutRIDGEWOOD HILLS FIFTH FILING - FDP200024 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 3 - WILDLIFE DOCUMENTSWildland Consultants, Inc.
1001 Jefferson Drive, Berthoud, CO 80513
Office: 970-532-4354, Fax: 970-532-3341
Memorandum:Ridgewood Hills: Nesting Raptor Survey- November 2020
Prepared By:Eric Berg, Senior Wildlife Biologist, Wildland Consultants,
Inc.
Date:November 16, 2020
Wildland Consultants, Inc. (WCI) completed a nesting raptor survey on the
Ridgewood Hills site and surrounding 0.5 mile buffer area after leaf fall
(11/5/20). The nesting raptor survey was completed by walking the site and
searching all potential nest trees. Adjacent properties were surveyed with
binoculars and spotting scope. The nest survey was completed to comply
with a request from the City of Fort Collins.
Figure 1 shows the results of the nest survey. It is assumed that the
American kestrel nest is still present in tree cavity of a large cottonwood
tree. Note: nest activity could not be confirmed in November. A raptor
stick nest was located in a mature cottonwood tree along the north Louden
Ditch approximately 0.1 miles southeast of the southeast property corner.
This nest is located on a City of Fort Collins open space area. Based on nest
size and location it is assumed that the nest is either a Swainson’s hawk or
red-tailed hawk nest. Nest activity in 2020 is unknown.
Wildland Consultants, Inc.
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Wildland Consultants, Inc.
1001 Jefferson Drive, Berthoud, CO 80513
Office: 970-532-4354, Fax: 970-532-3341
Figure 1. Raptor Nest Location, Ridgewood Hills Site, Based on a Fall 2020
Survey