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Review Draft Eastern Gateway Wetland Restoration Site -- Annual Report <br /> Photo Plots This section will contain the April 94 monitoring photographs <br /> Air hotos This section will contain copies of the contact prints (Scale — 1 ":500 ") from a <br /> p flight flown in June 1994. <br /> Wildlife Need help with this section. <br /> , In total, 44 spedcies of birds were observed at the Eastern Gateway mitigation <br /> site in 1994, along with balck - tailed deer, Pacific tree frog and raccoon. <br /> The variety of habitats and edge effect have improved with the mitigation <br /> project. Alteration of the ground surface has provided more wet habitats. <br /> The forested wetalnds on the fringes of the restoration area attract many of the <br /> songbirds found in other ash forests in west Eugene, including downy <br /> woodpecker, willow flycatcher, western wood - pewee, black - capped chickadee, <br /> cedar waxwing, warbling vireo, orange - crowned warbler, black- headed grosbeak, <br /> and Amercian goldfinch. The restoration project has provided more water to the <br /> site which benefits birds living in the forest habitats; water provides better <br /> bathing and drinking sources in proximity to the ash woodlands. <br /> The restoration effort has improved habitat on the forest edge with benefits to <br /> seed - eating species such as rufous -sided towhee; fox, song, golden - crowned and <br /> white - crowned sparrows and dark -eyed juncos. <br /> The major benefits of the restoration project in its first full year were to create <br /> emergent ponds and mudflats. <br /> Waterbirds and shorebirds were <br /> attracted to the site during the winter <br /> of 1993 -94 and spring and early <br /> summer of 1994. Great blue heron, <br /> Canada goose, and mallards begain <br /> using the site after December rains in <br /> 1993. As many as 28 greater <br /> yellowlegs used the site for resting . — <br /> - f and feeding throughout the winter. <br /> In the spring of 1994, the shorebird <br /> migration included use by seven species of shorebirds, including solitary <br /> sandpiper and semi - palmated plover. One pair of Canada goose nested and <br /> successfully raised five young at the site in 1994. <br /> Page 14 <br />