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<br /> 35 <br />TABLE 2B: SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES THAT COULD OCCUR IN THE PROJECT VICINITY. <br />ANIMALS (adapted from CDFW 2023) <br />Species Listed as Threatened or Endangered under the State and/or Federal Endangered Species Acts <br />Common and scientific names Status <br />General habitat <br />description *Occurrence in the study area <br />White-tailed kite <br />Elanus leucurus <br />CP Open grasslands and <br />agricultural areas <br />throughout central <br />California. <br />Possible. Potentially suitable <br />breeding and foraging habitat for <br />this species is present on the site. <br />Northern harrier <br />Circus cyaneus <br />CSC Frequents meadows, <br />grasslands, open <br />rangelands, freshwater <br />emergent wetlands; <br />uncommon in wooded <br />habitats. <br />Possible. Potentially suitable <br />breeding and foraging habitat for <br />this species is present on the site. <br />Golden eagle <br />Aquila chrysaetos <br />CP Typically frequents <br />rolling foothills, <br />mountain areas, <br />woodland areas, sage- <br />juniper flats, and desert <br />habitats. <br />Possible. While large trees on the <br />site provide breeding habitat for <br />this species, field surveys <br />conducted from 2014 to 2025 have <br />failed to detect golden eagle nests <br />on the site. Foraging habitat is also <br />present on the site. Golden eagles <br />are known to occupy a nest site <br />approximately five miles to the <br />southwest of the site. The project <br />site is located within modeled <br />potential foraging and nesting <br />habitat in the East Alameda County <br />Conservation Strategy. <br />Yellow warbler <br />Dendroica petechia brewsteri <br />CSC Nests in riparian <br />thickets, especially in <br />willows. Also frequents <br />shrubby areas and old <br />fields. <br />Unlikely. Marginal potentially <br />suitable breeding and foraging <br />habitat for this species is present <br />on the site, as riparian areas are <br />mostly not dense. The nearest <br />documented occurrence of this <br />species is approximately six miles <br />to the west of the site. <br />Tricolored blackbird <br />Agelaius tricolor <br />CSC Breeds near fresh water, <br />primarily emergent <br />wetlands, with tall <br />thickets. Forages in <br />grassland and cropland <br />habitats. <br />Unlikely. Breeding habitat is absent <br />from the site. Marginal foraging <br />habitat is present on the site. The <br />nearest documented occurrences <br />of this species are more than four <br />miles to the northeast of the site; <br />however, the project site is located <br />within modeled potential foraging <br />habitat in the EACCS.