the: WILSON BULLETIN 
A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY 
VOL. XXXIV SEPTEMBER, 1922 NO. 3 
OLD SERIES VOL. XXXIV. NEW SERIES VOL. XXIX 
NESTING BIRDS OF LAKE COUNTY, OREGON 
(With Special Reference to Warner Valley) 
BY DR. A. G. PRILL, SCIO, OREGON 
Lake Comity, Oregon, as its name implies, is a county of 
lakes, but this article has sjiecial reference to that portion of 
the county known as Warner Valley. 
Warner Valley lies in the southeastern portion of Lake 
county and contains a series of lakes known as Warner Lakes. 
The territory covered in my investigations of the bird life 
of this section comprises the valley from a few miles north of 
Plush to the lower or south end, a distance of some 36 miles. 
The valley proper is from five to eight miles wide and cov- 
ering about 180 square miles. 
In this valley, beginning at the north, are found the follow- 
ing lakes : Hart, Crump, Pelican, Dodson, Greeser, and Alkali 
Lakes. 
All are freshwater lakes, except Alkali, and are fed by Honey 
Creek at Idush, Deep Creek at Adel, and Twenty Mile Creek in 
the southwest corner. 
The major portion of the entire valley is flooded in the early 
season by irrigation ditches, to mature the crop of wild hay. 
Scattered over this tract are many portions of land above 
high water mark. Several of the lakes contain islands. Sur- 
rounding these lakes are large patches of tules and flags and 
outside of such areas are found the Avild grass meadows. 
The general elevation of the valley is 4500 feet. 
On the west side of the valley are high mountain ranges, 
knoAvn as the Warner Rim, and on the south and east, equally 
as high ranges, elevations up to 6500 feet, and on top of these 
ranges are found the table lands. 
The mountains and table lands are covered with sage brush 
and greasewood, with scattering trees of Juniper. 
The low lands along the streams have dense growths of Cot- 
tonwood, Willows, Junipers, Choke Cherry, Wild Plum trees 
and some Wild Rose bushes. 
