OT AKUA^I MAOIHaMA HTHOT<[ U. 



BIRDS OF JACKSON CO. , OREGON, & SURROUNDING AREAS 39 



Cpmmiimcation) . Presently, this owl is, Goo^sidere^r^prar^rjp^itpFiin 

 feW]^?,City-Agate Reservoir ^re^ _;,,^^^ :^ 3,,,T i,aa 



Strix n4yiQm-!(Qf&&t^Qv$'JlQM,9M fiP. IhqA .iesihB^ .vtlrmramoO 

 This large owl i^uncommoji in. Jackson Connty. Je\fett {in Gabriel- 

 ~§^' ^§?iy .^^?^:flt?ryj-9lii,3|>pdmenin a Medfor^ s^or^. on December 14, 

 ^^f?^^'!')?'?-^: ^^§n^9tM %Q? ,|.axiderniist tha,t,-he;;h^d niounted thre^ 

 Great Gray Owls froni near Prospect in the^ winter of ,1917. StevensonJ 

 B^li^^^S^. 0^38;^ sf^ojjie 11.3 km east of ^il^hUndr on. jBeeember 1%- 

 IWl f'ft^ (^^ r^oW^6/,9f, Me^^ford during the -i^t^^'^g^JjiT^fYPecembe 

 i,^^&. .Oi>^ Great Gray Owl was seen ne^r the town of Rogue Riveig 

 on Foots Creek on January 26,^ 1959 (Alderson 1960). This species 

 ^jmfrf^^f?f^^??^^®^^^l^^[^fef ^^ Klamath (Iflamath Couiat^). 



,jg^iie ivong-eared Owl is a-rery rare winter visitor known only fromr 

 f^^ingle sight record in eastern Medford, on December 29, 1964, during 

 ^,\^nugu4 ,9914 periqd ^n 



^95^^isQwras wintering sparingly ifef^Jfrn^ego^r^^ bavisado 

 jg94M0:^a;>i?>^eus. Short-eared Owl. •;{? ^riiij-jb ipmo'i 'islinoO bsxlM 

 A T^^C^^rfe^^^i Q^rl k &©umio@iftmQa;winter/vi€t0i ih-ith^'Mfid&ajdr^ 

 Mfei-te f€ity ariea,rmost oftefi observed at Hoover's Lakes. The largesfa 

 fgn^entratipn, of : this species was nine at Hoover's Jjiifeesuon January ^,) 

 1965 (Aud. Field Notes 1965:411). Qa^ielsijnlKl&l^oGiitfe.ojienShoKte 

 eared Owl seen by- JewBtt ''near ^^^f^i^l^Pq^^p^^^,,!^^ 

 B A^gQlm amdifiu^, Sa^v-whetiQfflLs s-un q a ini&gmmmud aixIT 

 noS#e§i^gns.):PllQ^e$%finrmfe^aJainJiJ^y,^^^^^^^^ Md 



ewnmon permanent resident thatrj-probablyacdui^^ikMierever: there- is. 

 c/)Rifer;fpi:€gt. ,Spefiini,e]M,M^ ^tMircnalJ&efeQi^ 



"^drljJej^e-ltACrijg^O^it [qqI I jio?.hEqmoD -Lol Jnoes'iq 9197/ ab'nd:§rfim 

 -bi?MIatfio_^tt7daiia>M^to//iiJ:/Eo0r-^viMfinoila9jjp sib §imo^ ba^ sglEingi 

 br^pefciKienuf Pikjspectp letode, -'■Andgxm^^^5,^im0. ^tMm^mrjMl iw ^Mi 

 aacommonl g«atom6ri0iiTesidentia:£i Jth© Chaparral^Oak Gtamtaiunityl- 

 especially at Roxy Ann Peak. Adults were reported ieedMpyh-&&g' m^ 

 Roxy Ann (at 762 m) on , July :20, 197 J. .The species is .occasionally 

 ^Sgry^d jif{i;±|]|.,G.|^J\^^dford a^ and jewett 



(-^910) took, ,^:, specimen, qn :,J,une. ,^l,,jl|3^^ at,;Brq^|is^Q5P,ri;§-bQ9t.lfM 

 ^&M I]aglq|^3.int^<an4:fqyi:sider this species a.regular summer residerrt 

 in the eastern part of JacksQii,GGUnty and, "probably other parts 



of the Rogue River Valley." . r • ^ tt , rr* '• . \^ 



^, , ., . jno-smrarar/H 8*n9lIA .mz^2, ginoAcr8»b?* 



^iQ^fiordeiles minor. Common Nighthawk. .,: ,,^,,1^,^ ifdn'oorii via- i 

 IfiSpecmren; l?,9'km^SW Prospect/ maje,^i:f^{,^||, .^9^^^;;^ 



■^pwm^?, mw^^.w^^m^mw^ptWi]F^^M ,throj4g|Qi^t ^^^ph^i^^vr^^ 



I960. 



