[obol] Re: coastal Sooty Grouse
- From: Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:24:13 -0700
I agree that their status on the north coast is likely different. That may be
because there isn't older evergreen forests adjacent to the ocean further
south? They seem to be restricted to the remnants of older conifer forest on
the north coast. I have found them at the wooded area on the Bayocean Spit,
Ecola State Park, and at Cape Meares State Park.
Jeff Gilligan
On Oct 10, 2014, at 12:31 PM, Tim Rodenkirk <timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have been birding Coos pretty hard for the last 15 years and this is a
> first for me. Let's just say that they are less regular on the beach than
> say, Tropical Kingbirds or Red-necked Stints : ) I have never seen them or
> heard them away from the Coast Range and there i generally have them
> above1,500'- at least here in Coos County. The north coast may be different.
> I know they have Gray Jays close to the coast- we do not, may have something
> to do with the mountains being much further inland here than up north.
>
> Merry October,
> Tim
>
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Lars Per Norgren <larspernorgren@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> I didn't know the species was a montane obligate. I saw one on the
> shoulder of 101 at Nye Beach (Newport)in July of 1970 or so. In an article
> published by Wash State Dept of Fish and Game the Sooty and or Dusky are
> documented frequenting shrub-steppe and other habitats at a slight rermove
> from timber. Lars
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