BIRDS OF JACKSON CO. , OREGON, & SURROUNDING AREAS 33 



Rallus limicola. Virginia Rail. 

 ^( 9j§P]f<3im^n I JiShUrid^/Dlda,; DecefflbeE '§^■1^ 



male, November 20, 1971. This rail is an uncommon resident itt the 

 Medford-Phoenix-Wliite City area>;,Th« first recent record. :c)f the 

 ^•¥¥P^' W^fi^ftf^'^f ^aptqin^m^^u^eiat ,V:o§j!feitgr O]:0^ilhgc'BiiLiJHisr23, 

 •^ftianWs area was flooded by Bear Creek during the wintei^ of 

 .^?A?)TsT]^® ■^-'^istmg,, cattail marsh was heavily silted and willows took 

 WFjr^h^ ilRlSwgo^WmglJ 3w§^|f]ftenMc^fc(<^^^ ^tb©:[Eeports -haiyd been 

 A^^efelj^^ffi^jj^E^Pi^S] and a, rnai^sh i just east of ' Medford ' where 

 single nests jy.er,^,foA^^4j>n, 19 <;Q,and,rlR7:l^^^ 

 breeds sparingly in isolat^^ ^i^naf^^^^i.^l^^^^n^^ .^^^^^^ 



a\^/^MHifWfl¥^m^y^PJ^;^ ono lenvi -^iov *r Y/ohuD bsllid-'onoJ sriT 

 r;ij§P?§iffimo ^Mf^Td^jBfi^],^, AEJ^i^MHmmyTMSoT,^, iii-i^Aamj^er- 

 ^^M^kF'^i^^^A ^^l PQs^ible, ,brje.ede?r[9,ti .the^-jStaijiaer-Bondfe. oTb^ first 

 Jackson County record of the Sora w&s ^of -a bird killed striking a 

 window in Medford on May,jp, 1964. The late Walt Cayanough 



0^Pflf^^<^Wf^f^f^^St^: Oregon State Game Commission 

 |t^ted^Jh,^l,lip had seeiii Sops, diu-ing several sumniers in tl^« edges, of 



ll^c0^^j^PH?IM^ 5lfM^ ^^^ abundant. There are also wiiiter 

 records from" tbe Game Ponds, January 1, 1965, and February 18, 

 1965; it^has been reported less frequently from scattered cattail 



rnthe 



no QYG 





xiGSfeaa?^! ^f]Jo*^R^^"^^°^- ^^ very '(Common migrant and winter resident; 

 ^^^f^dW^^J^ ^ ^ breeding species. The coot may be found, on 

 almost any body of w^ter during migr^^^^^ 



the Lower Rogue River .and Bear. Creek valleys.,^ The speoies^nfg^^^^ 

 most commonly at the Game Ponds and at Hoover'^ Lakes. ' ^^ 



r^i T ■ ., ^^.,^c; 317/^0119 L laJijeTxJ .i.\)3M'ii0s\»\>im' .WOiiSt 1 



pfiaradriiLs vocmrus. Killdeer. r • ^ • \ u -r ^ >^ jr^ 

 til If ^^^^®^^- '^- ^""^ S Medford, sex?, May 27, 1969. The Killdeer is 



l^ry common and widely distributed species throughout the county 

 on'^residential lawns, fields, and stream and lake shores. It breeds 



April 6. ,■-,,_ ^ ^ . „• . „^. 



.^:::!fivnomL lasaa-JL .aac^i'iai^ »'^i\ni. 



g'lF^^S^mjSt^^O't^^/^.pMacfebellifid: P nj3 si aoiosqa eidT 



fiiT(lp(^:j)l^]^§rfls'i^try^3ra^jei. Qne iadividital was ottefev^dq^ aila0.©n 



g>*iathft)B9gwft f j^if ef ; near Shady Cove by threfe observers oh %rit 2, 



1960. Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) consider this species an uncommon 



migrant and winter resident alqiigr|he;0.r^g|Mi;i^<^^§^1^vQ,i^4iG(a; ( 



fi^SP¥i?F?Mb)e: Black-belhed Plover to be a common? fall migrantT in 



fes%9ttt^eyn3:V^illamette YaU^^^ Qr^gpi), reporting a i record of 91 



Mf4s. m piA%Mbffc. M^i^fe^U 8^:^59^^rBjl0At%(rQ9#i?d^,#r ^October 



.S9GI ,01 liiqA no 8VoO ^{;bBjd8 i-bsii baiioqs'i 86 <. 



