[obol] Re: coastal Sooty Grouse
- From: Tim Rodenkirk <timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 15:51:31 -0700
On our local CBC we have had them one year since 1972. In our circle is a
heavily wooded (forested area) called South Slough. Great owling spot on
the count with some pretty large trees (not old growth though). We
occasionally get Ruffed Grouse but not Sooty? They are just darn rare near
the beach here, seems like a surprise to a lot of OBOLers, but such is the
case. The closest to the beach I have heard them is up Bethel Mtn. during
breeding season, but that is up around 1,000' and inland. I have never
heard them calling from the valley forest around Coquille and Myrtle Point
either and I have worked in and around them most of the time I have been
here. Gotta go up in elevation and further inland. Same for Gray Jays
here. Only one Coos Bay CBC record also.
The sun is out (first time in several days), time to head out!
Tim R
Coos Bay
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 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
>
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> 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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