Speaking of Josephine Co. Poorwills: We were leaving Deer Creek
Center (HQs of Siskiyou Field Institute, Selma, OR; Josephine County)
on the night of 10/2/15 and there was (1) Common Poorwill sitting on
the gravel of the DCC driveway, eyes glowing red in the car
headlights. The bird allowed a very close approach (about 3 feet).
BTW, Siskiyou Field Institute has a "Free Friday" program at various
venues (www.theSFI.org). This one was on the manzanita genus
(Arctostaphylos) with Michael Kauffman who co-authored "Field Guide
to the Manzanitas" 2015 WWW.Backcountrypress.com Good program.
R Cooper
At 04:55 PM 10/3/2015, Dennis Vroman wrote:
Today (10-03-15, which is also my Birthday) at the Rough & Ready Botanical Wayside (just west of Cave Junction along US 199). My Wife and I found not 1, but 2 COMMON POORWILLS.
Considered late in the year for Poorwills, however, they are not totally unexpected in early October. The semi-open habitat found at Rough & Ready is typical of where they occur in southwest OR. Nearly stepped on a bird, which flushed. I stopped and noted it was a Poorwill (flew a short distance low to the ground an landed a short distance from me). Took another step and flushed a second bird which also flew low to the ground and in the direction my wife, who saw this bird really well. Buffy-colored outer tips were noted on there rounded tails.
Dennis
