Tweets,

After spending the last few weekends atlassing Weyerhausers "Tree Farms"
I have a new appreciation for (modest sized) clear cuts. Certainly
compared to 20-50 year old pole stands they are very productive and
appear to be the primary habitat on the west slope of the Cascades for
bluebirds (we have found Westerns on four clear cuts so far, probably
nesting...), MacGillivray's & Orange-crowned Warblers, Willow
Flycatchers, Rufous-sided Towhees, Tree Swallows (if they leave some
snags, of course), Red-tailed Hawks (lurking on the margins),
White-crowned Sparrows, Oregon Juncos, etc. Also prime for the few Dusky
Flycatchers that sneak across the crest.... Others?

Gene Hunn.

On Tue, 13 Jun 1995, Burton Guttman wrote:

>
> Since Gene Hunn asked, "Anybody finding Chipping Sparrows on the west
> side north of the Pierce Co. Prairies?" that must mean that people take
> them to be regular _south_ of the Pierce Co. prairies. I didn't know
> that, though; the standard field guides like NGS and Peterson show them
> absent from the west side. So I've been delighted to find them regular,
> even abundant, in some of the scrubby clearcuts in Thurston Co. Same
> story with Lazuli Bunting. The field guides show them only on the east
> side. But one of our fellow Tweeters gave me directions to a large
> clearcut near I-5 where he had found the buntings; sure enough, I saw one
> there about a week ago, though Tom Foote and I missed them in the same
> place this morning. We'll have to send Virginia Peterson some
> corrections for her maps.
>
> Burt Guttman guttmanb at elwha.evergreen.edu
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