Subject: Re: Sage Thrasers
Date: Apr 15 20:27:08 1997
From: Herb Curl - Herb_Curl at hazmat.noaa.gov


> Rick Romea writes:
>
> I walked out into what looked like relatively undisturbed sage habitat at
>several places
> looking for Sage Thrashers, but didn't see or hear them...

>Was I (1) too early,

No. They've already been seen & heard on both sides of the Columbia.

>(2) are they hard to find,

Yes, depending on time of day, habitat, etc.

>(3) was I unlucky,

Yes.

> (4) was I looking in the wrong place?

Possibly. I believe that SATH prefer fairly dense, high sagebrush. I get the
impression that they're fairly local; i.e., not spread out on even centers.
They're relatively common around Vantage WA and at Sagebrush Flats, near
Ephrata. Andy and the other eastsiders probably know of other good areas.
LaFramboises?

------Herb Curl
>

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