We spent the day atlasing in our hexigon on Saturday with mixed results. At
one spot we had a Hermit Thrush and two Wilson's Warblers. It's a good bet
there was a nest as the male kept flitting back and forth across the road
from trees where he foraged to the depths of a REALLY intense berry bush
where he was greeted by another bird.

Later on one of the forestry roads, we had a similar situation involving a
thicket of mixed berry bushes and wild cucumber. In that same area we had a
undetermined woodpecker (the little bugger just wouldn't stand still!) and a
male black-headed grosbeak.

I'm considering these two sites as probable nesting sites for the Wilson's
Warbler.

Late in the afternoon near Deadwood, in the square, we stopped for a swim
and were treated to a pair of song sparrows, one of which was carrying a
beak full of worms, by the side of the Siuslaw and a flycatcher that I
wasn't able to identify (Alan's Dusky, maybe?).

At any rate, there wasn't too much bird activity and we spotted virtually no
nests at the higher levels of the hexigon - don't know if that was
influenced by the heat or not.

This morning driving down 126 by Perkins Peninsula, I spotted a tern diving
- he was successful and came back up with a fish. First time I've seen one
dive - REALLY exiciting!

Happy birding,

Peggi



Peggi Rodgers
Oregon Research Institute
Eugene, OR
peggir at ori.org
prodgers at efn.org
"A bird does not sing because it has an
answer, It sings because it has a song"