48 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA 70 



Parus inornatus. Plain Titmouse. 



Specimen: 13.7 km SW Prospect, female, January 10, 1959. The 

 Plain Titmouse is a common permanent resident in the Chaparral- 

 Oak Community. 



Psaltriparus minimus. Bushtit. 



Specimens: 4.8 km NE Ashland near Emigrant Reservoir, male, 

 May 30, 1970. The Bushtit is a very common resident in the Chapar- 

 ral-Oak Community of the Lower Rogue River and Bear Creek vallej^s. 

 The species remains in flocks during winter, dispersing into pairs by 

 April. 



Sitta carolinensis. White-breasted Nuthatch. 



Specimens: 12.9 km SW Prospect, sex ?, January 11, 1935; 17.7 km 

 SW Prospect, sex ?, February 10, 1948; Ashland, female, January 8, 

 1968; S side Emigrant Reservoir, female, March 24, 1970. This 

 nuthatch is a common to fairly common permanent resident that 

 breeds throughout most of Jackson County below 1,219 m in oaks 

 and Mixed Conifer Forest. It has been found nesting (eggs) as early 

 as April 29, at Larson Creek. 



Sitta canadensis. Red-breasted Nuthatch. 



Specimens: Three from near Prospect, both sexes, March and 

 December. The Red-breasted Nuthatch is an uncommon to fairly 

 common permanent resident of the True Fir Forest and winters to 

 the valley foothills. 



Sitta pygmea. Pygmy Nuthatch. 



This small nuthatch is a rare winter visitor known to have occurred 

 twice in the Lower Bear Creek Valley. The first record of the Pygmy 

 Nuthatch in Jackson County was of five reported on a Medford 

 CBC on December 28, 1953 {Aud. Field Notes 1954:211): one was 

 seen December 30, 1958, on a Medford CBC (Aud. Field Notes 

 1959:243). Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) state they have commonly 

 (italics mine) found this species in eastern Jackson County. 



Certhia jamiliaris. Brown Creeper. 



Specimens: 12.9 km SW Prospect, sex ?, November 28, 1951; 

 Spring Creek (extreme SE Jackson County), male, June 13, 1967. 

 The Brown Creeper is a fairly common breeding bird probably 

 occurring throughout the conifer forests of the county, at least in 

 the Cascade Mountains. This species winters throughout its breeding 

 range and to the valley floor. 



Chamaea fasciata. Wrentit. 



The Wrentit is an uncommon permanent resident. Gabrielson 

 (1931) reported several colonies of the Wrentit from the Rogue 

 River Valley. Stevenson and Fitch (1933) reported a breeding colony 

 of this species 11.3 km north of Medford. Presently, the Wrentit is 



