Catalogue and species accounts, v1302
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D. A. Good 1980 Journal Steens Mtn., ca. 2200 m., Harney Co, Oregon 12 July Mtn Bluebirds. I managed to get a brief look at my first Sage Grouse. Driving on 205 past Malheur Nat'l Wildlife Ref., we saw many aquatics including Coots, Teal, Foster Terns, Black Terns, W-faced Ibises, Ct. Egret, Ct Blue Heron, Am. Avocet + others. 13 July Up ca. 0700. Weather clear, still, ca. 9°C. About 0800 we left Fish Lake Campground + headed E on Steens Mtn Road in search of Fox Sparrow habitat. We found no montane chaparral stands so we looked for large stands of willows in which they also nest. The first place we stopped was: Warehouse Meadow, 2230 m., ½ mi. N + 1 mi. E Lost Lake, Harney Co, Oregon Habitat wet meadows w/ willow thickets surrounded by sagebrush + aspen stands. We hunted here for a couple of hours + got 4 Fox Sparrows. We also met the owner of the property + got his permission to hunt there. Saw a Williamson's Sapsucker nest here - ca. 3 m up in a Quaking Aspen. After taking tissues + having breakfast we moved E on to: Waldman Park, 2260 m., 1 mi. E Lost Lake, Harney Co., Oregon [T 32 S, R. 33 E]