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City of Redwood City, Public Works Division Initial Study & Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />Document Date: October 15, 2015 <br />Revision Date: January 25, 2016 Page 19 Blankinship & Associates, Inc. <br /> <br />Common Name Scientific <br />Name Status Habitat <br />Habitat is not <br />Present in <br />Project Area; <br />Species <br />Eliminated <br />from Further <br />Consideration <br />Habitat is Present in <br />Project Area; <br />Species Eliminated <br />from Further <br />Consideration for <br />Reasons Given (see <br />numbered notes) <br />Potential <br />Risk is <br />Present <br />from <br />Project <br />Activities <br />California black <br />rail <br />Laterallus <br />jamaicensis <br />coturniculus <br />ST <br />Salt or fresh water <br />marshes, wet <br />meadows, shallow <br />margins of saltwater <br />marshes bordering <br />larger bays; areas with <br />water depths of about 1 <br />inch; dense vegetation <br />for nesting habitat <br /> X (2) <br />song sparrow <br />("Modesto" <br />population) <br />Melospiza <br />melodia SCSC Fresh-water marshes <br />and riparian thickets X <br />Alameda song <br />sparrow <br />Melospiza <br />melodia pusillula SCSC <br />Salt marshes. May nest <br />low in grindelia bushes <br />and in Salicornia. X (1) <br />purple martin Progne subis SCSC <br />Inhabits woodlands, low <br />elevation coniferous <br />forest of douglas-fir, <br />ponderosa pine, and <br />Monterey pine <br />X <br />California clapper <br />rail <br />Rallus <br />longirostris <br />obsoletus <br />FE, SE <br />Salt water and brackish <br />marshes, abundant <br />growths of pickleweed X (2) <br />bank swallow Riparia riparia ST <br />riparian and other <br />lowland habitats; <br />requires vertical <br />banks/cliffs with fine <br />soils <br />X <br />black skimmer Rynchops niger SCSC <br />Nests on gravel bars, <br />low islets, and sandy <br />beaches X (3) <br />yellow warbler Setophaga <br />petechia SCSC <br />May nest in montane <br />shrubbery in open <br />confier forests. May <br />nest and forage in <br />willow shrubs and <br />thickets, and in other <br />riparian plants including <br />cottonwoods. <br /> X (1) <br />California least <br />tern <br />Sternula <br />antillarum browni FE, SE <br />May nest along coasts. <br />Colonial breeder on <br />bare or sparsely <br />vegetated substrates <br />including sand beaches, <br />alkali flats, land fills, <br />and paved areas. <br /> X (3) <br />least Bell's vireo Vireo bellii <br />pusillus FE, SE <br />Summer resident of <br />Southern California in <br />low riparian in vicity of <br />water or in dry river <br />bottoms; nests placed <br />along margins of <br />bushes or on twigs <br />projecting into <br />pathways, usually <br />willow, Baccharis, <br />mesquite <br />X <br />6.3.A. - Page 27