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TROCHET, J.
1990
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Lower Table Rock 7 miles N. and 3 miles W. of Medford
Jackson Cr., Oregon. Elev. 1300 ft
July 25 ash-throated flycatcher Hutton's vireo
(coot) violet-green swallow yellow-breasted chat
scrub jay black-crested grosbeak
plain titmouse four-sided thrush
white-breasted nuthatch California towhee
Bewick's wren house finch
house wren American goldfinch
American robin lesser goldfinch
wrentit
July 26 By 05:30, I set my judas birds by the mist nets set up yesterday, and ran the nets continuously until 15:00, and again from 18:30 to 20:15, having moved one net closer to crop for the late afternoon/evening shifts.
Between 11:30 and 12:30, I walked around to the south Lower slope of Table Rock.
Weather today saw temperatures range from 55°-90°F, with 3 mph S. breeze at dawn, a 5 mph ESE breeze from 09:00 to 11:00, then calm giving way to a gusty 5-20 mph N. wind 16:00-19:00, the wind dying quickly thereafter. Clouds were scarce, but they regularly sailed over Mt. McLoughlin, which, at 7692 ft, still has a bit of snow on its west side. The peak is due east, 32 miles away.
The habitat here reminds me of foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Lower Table Rock is a flat-topped large hill rising about 1000 ft above the surrounding plains, about twice as