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NOTES ON WINTER BIRDS OF YAM- panies of seven or eiglit in wet l)oggy localilits. 



HILL CO., OREGON. aegkamiis vocifERA. KiUdeer. Rather 



rare. .*• onieliiiie.s lieard afier niglilfall ilying 



The following notes are not compiled from over in eaily winter. ^ 



the observations of many years, and are not oreorty.x I'ICTL's. Mountain Partrid"a. 



intended as a list of the winter I irds of this Not uncommon, 



county, as they are more or less incomplete in dendrac;ai'IS OltSCURUS FUI.iginosus. 



general and especially so regarding ducks and Sooty Grouse. Seldom seen, as they remain 



other water birds, great numbers of which hidden in tops of lii- trees. 



congregate on our lakes and sloughs, and bonasa UMBELLUs sabini. Oregon Ruff- 

 hawks and owls, numerous species of which ed Grouse. Not uncommon but keeps out of 

 abound here which the writer has been unable sight most of the time. 



to identify. But it is hoped, however, that ZENaidura MACROURA. Mourning Dove, 



these notes, incomplete as they are^ will give Generally consideied only a summer resident 



the Elastern bird lover, who is snowed under l)ut laFt winter several Imds of this species 



three months of the year, an idea of what the were seen. 



Oregon ornithologist enjoys during the winter acgiim lER vei.ox. Shar| -sliinned Hawk, 



months. Rai e. 



BRANTA canadensis. Canada Goose. A falco sparverrs. American Sparrow 



common winter resident, wanders about Hav\k. Ii is a very common sight to see this 



in flocks from place to place during the day, pretty little falcon perched on a fence post at 



sometimes alighting on a wheat field until the side of road, or hovering in the air a few 



scnre^i up by a hunter. As night approaches moments, pounce down ujion a mouse, 



they alight on a wheat field or body of water, BUBO vikginianus saturatus. Dusky 



and at this time many are shot. As they fly Horned OvnI. Raiher uncommon in the 



low when about to alight, the hunters conceal valley, but common in the m amiains. 



themselves behind fences or trees until a flock CERYLE alcvon. Belted Kingfisher, 



is over them, when they fire into them. It is Common along our creeks, 



said that when a flock is feeding, a man can dryobates vili.osus harrish. Harris's 



drive a horse ahead of him and get nearly Woodpecker. Common. 



among them before they suspect danger, but COLAPTES c.VFER satura'iior. Northwest- 



I have not had the opportunity to verify this ern Flicker. Abundant. 



statement. A few years ago geese did con- OCTOCORis alpestris strigosa. Streaked 



siderable damage to winter wheat, being such Horned Lark. Always abundant along the 



a nuisance in Southern Oregon that farmers highways, sitting on the fence posts favoiing 



stretched twine over their fields to keep the passersby with their peculiar jerky song. They 



gee.se off, but we are not troubled now as the are some-times called "Polly-wash-dishes." 



pot-hunter has been so successful in thinning corvus americanus hesperi. California 



them out. Crow. Abundant, frequently holding meet- 



BR.vntacanadenis HUTCHINSI. Hutchin's i"gs which I call caucuses, because when a lot 



Goo.se. The remarks on above species v\i 1 of crows get together and talk all at once it 



refer equally as well to this species. It is leminds me of a lot of polii.cians. 



sometimes called California Goose. CYANOCITTA steu.eui. Steller's Jay. 



gallinago delicata. Wilson's Snipe. Common. 



Jack Snipe, rare. Occasionally seen in com- APHEL0C0MAC.\LIF0RN1CA. California Jay. 



