At 02:04 PM 7/28/96 -0700, Andy wrote:
>This morning on the Yakima Training Center, I observed several strategies
>the birds used in coping with the very dry and hot winds coming out of the
>interior:
>
>1) Active early - most of the activity was between 0600 and 1030.

I noticed this in our area (Eugene) as well. But interestingly, a femael
black-headed grosbeak spent the entire day hopping from tree to tree issuing
a single-note call. Don't know where she found the energy.

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"