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AUGUSTIN BERNAL MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL PROJECT DRAFT INITIAL STUDY <br /> 12956 <br />DUDEK 33 April 2022 <br />Table 3.4-2. Special-Status Wildlife Species with Potential to Occur on the Project Site <br />Scientific <br />Name <br />Common <br />Name <br />Status <br />(Federal/State) Habitat Potential to Occur <br />Reptiles <br />Masticophis <br />lateralis <br />euryxanthus <br />Alameda <br />whipsnake <br />FT/ST Open areas in chaparral <br />and scrub habitat; also <br />adjacent grassland, oak <br />savanna, and woodland. <br />Moderate potential to <br />occur. The project <br />site is contiguous <br />with high-quality <br />scrub habitat, is <br />within designated <br />critical habitat for the <br />subspecies (71 FR <br />58175), and there <br />are multiple <br />occurrences along <br />Pleasanton Ridge <br />(Swaim, pers. comm. <br />2021). No formal <br />presence-absence <br />surveys have been <br />conducted on the site <br />but City staff are <br />aware of its potential <br />presence and have <br />not observed the <br />species once in the <br />last four years, <br />despite actively <br />looking for it (M. <br />Gruber, pers. comm.). <br />Birds <br />Accipiter <br />cooperi <br />Cooper’s <br />hawk <br />(nesting) <br />None/WL Nests and forages in <br />dense stands of live <br />oak, riparian woodlands, <br />or other woodland <br />habitats, often near <br />water. <br />High potential to <br />occur. The project <br />site contains high- <br />quality nesting and <br />foraging habitat for <br />this species. <br />Elanus <br />leucurus <br />white-tailed <br />kite (nesting) <br />None/FP Nests in woodland, <br />riparian, and individual <br />trees near open lands; <br />forages opportunistically <br />in grassland, meadows, <br />scrubs, agriculture, <br />emergent wetland, <br />savanna, and disturbed <br />lands. <br />Moderate potential to <br />occur. The project <br />site is suitable for <br />nesting but lacks <br />open areas for <br />foraging. Such <br />habitat is present <br />along the ridgetop to <br />the west and south, <br />however. <br />Baeolophus <br />inornatus <br />oak titmouse <br />(nesting) <br />BCC/None Nests and forages in <br />oak woodlands; also <br />open pine forest, pinyon <br />High potential to <br />occur. Species <br />observed during April