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50 species carried over:
Oregon Chickadee --
Oregon Junco
Lutescent Warbler
Valley quail -- Flushed two separate pairs in Avery Park
Kingfisher -- Perched on limbs over Mary's River. It was a male.
Oregon Chickadee
Green-backed Goldfinch
Rufous Hummingbird
Pine Siskin --
Winter Wren
Oregon Towhee
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Gairdner Woodpecker
Purple Finch
Red-breasted Nuthatch-- Looked at nest on South Cemetery Hill but no further
Seattle Wren
activity.
Cooper Hawk -- Saw one bird, but did not locate the nest said to be in the park.
California Creeper
Oregon Vesper Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Slender-billed Nuthatch -- Found nest in stub of Acer macrophyllum at the lower
end of the swimming hole at Avery Park. It is located about
51 species total 10 feet above the ground. The entrance faces east and is
about 1 3/4" in diameter. The hole itself is about 6 inches
deep. The male was bringing food to the nest and so I thought
there must be young in the hole. In the afternoon I returned
and found that the female was incubating the eggs and the male
was feeding her. It was too dark in the cavity to see how
many eggs there were. I spent an hour and a half timing the
intervals of feeding to this nest. Results are below:
I started timing at 2:58 p.m. and had not seen the
bird at that time. His first arrival was at
2:56:30
2:41:45
2:42:15
2:43:45
2:45
2:51:15 High wind came up and continued for
2:52 rest of observation period.
3:02
3:04:15
3:06
3:07 Female came out of nest hole and
perched on stub until
3:07:45 when she returned to the hole.
3:10:15 The male loitered at the spot where the female
had perched 4 minutes before.
3:14
3:17:45
3:20
3:21:45 Male brought white grub about 1/2 inch long.
3:24:15 Male brought same
3:26:30
3:28:15 Left and didn't show up until
3:49 Did not return when I left at
3:58:30
The periods of long absence at 2:50 and at 3:50 seemed to be an hourly
occurrence, the period of absence of which, was not of uniform length.