BIRDS OF JACKSON CO., OREGON, & SURROUNDING AREAS 45 



Contopus sordidulus. Western Wood Pewee. 



Specimens : Four, Prospect area. May and June. The Western Wood 

 Pewee is a common summer resident throughout most of the County 

 from late April to early September. 



Nuttallornis borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. 



Specimens: 12.9 km SW Prospect, male' and female. May 29, 1947, 

 and May 20, 1944, respectively. The Olive-sided Flycatcher is a fairly 

 common to common summer resident in the True Fir Forest, and an 

 uncommon migrant in the Rogue River and Bear Creek valleys. 

 Earliest, April 30; latest, mid-September. 



Eremophila alpestris. Horned Lark. 



The Horned Lark is a fairly common permanent resident in the 

 White City area. The rocky grassland that Gabrielson and Jewett 

 (1940) described as habitat for this species east of Medford probably 

 includes the area north of Medford to White City and east towards 

 Gardner Reservoir. 



Tachycineta thalassina. Violet-green Swallow. 



Specimens: 12.9 km SW Prospect, female, July 18, 1952; N White 

 City, male, February 27, 1971. This swallow is a very common migrant 

 and summer resident. The species has been reported breeding at 

 Payne Cliffs near Tombstone, both Table Rocks, and Pompadour 

 Bluffs. Earliest, February 11, Game Ponds; latest, October 7, Medford. 



Iridoprocne bicolor. Tree Swallow. 



The Tree Swallow is a very common migrant and summer resident, 

 breeding throughout most of the county. Earliest, February 7, Game 

 Ponds; latest, October 4, Medford. Spring migrants often use Bear 

 Creek as a flyway, and as many as several thousand may be seen 

 daily in early April. Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) report that there 

 was a colony utilizing dead trees drowned by the newly formed Fish 

 Lake. The dead snags have subsequently been removed from reser- 

 voirs (see Purple Martin account). 



Riparia riparia. Bank Swallow. 



The Bank Swallow is an uncommon summer resident reported as a 

 migrant from Medford, Phoenix, Ashland, Prospect, and Trail. A 

 breeding colony of six individuals was discovered at McCloud on the 

 Rogue River throughout the spring of 1963. To my knowledge there 

 is only one published record of this species breeding in Oregon west 

 of the Cascades (Gabrielson and Jewett 1940). 



Stelgidopteryx ruficollis. Rough-winged Swallow. 



Specimen: 12.9 km SW Prospect, female. May 19, 1947. The 

 Rough-winged Swallow is an uncommon summer resident and mi- 

 grant. It is slightly more abundant and more widely distributed 

 than the Bank Swallow. This swallow breeds along streams below 



