[obol] Band-tailed Pigeon nesting, Lincoln County
- From: "Karan Fairchild" <alderspr@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "Oregon Birds Online" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:21:13 -0700
On a day hike into Drift Creek Wilderness, my nephew spotted a
below-eye-level nest, after a largish bird flew out of the trail-side
salmonberry. We saw a single white elliptical egg, maybe 1 3/4 x 1 1/4"
(3x4cm) in a shallow twig nest, 12 feet off the ground. On the way back
out, we saw a BAND-TAILED PIGEON bail out silently downslope away from the
nest--no need for the usual noisy lift-off. Everything met the typical
nesting conditions as described by Paul J Baicich's A Guide to the Nests,
Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds. If successful, that fledging
could still be ready for fall migration in mid-October.
Jim Fairchild
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