From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Aug 26 07:48:52 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7QEjkkV020868 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:45:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp8.Stanford.EDU (smtp8.stanford.edu [171.67.16.35]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7QEiDVK020824 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:44:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from match.stanford.EDU (match.Stanford.EDU [171.64.38.65]) by smtp8.Stanford.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7QEhbWm017567; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:43:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bump@localhost) by match.stanford.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h7QDdX206621; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 06:39:33 -0700 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 06:39:33 -0700 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> From: Daniel Bump <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] In-reply-to: (message from Ruth Troetschler on Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:14:22 -0700) Subject: Re: [SBB] Wrentit comments References: Cc: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2+ Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] > Folks-- > > We just returned from a trip up the coast of California, Oregon, and > Washington. The most surprising birds were the Wrentits inhabiting > the 70 mile sand dune section of the the Oregon coast. They were by > a wide margin the most common species in an area where Conifers > formed a canopy over in a mixed shrub understory that included > Rhododendron and salal. > > Comments would be appreciated. > > Ruth Troetschler I assume the sand mile section you are referring to is near Florence. Wrentits occur right up to the South Jetty of the Columbia river. They do not occur in Washington. Apparently they cannot fly across the river. They do not occur in the Willamette valley but (at least in the northern half of the state) are restricted to the wet coastal strip bounded by the coast range. Wrentit habitat in Oregon is exactly as you describe it. Within a few miles of the coast there occur Lodgepole Pine and Sitka Spruce which are not found far from the coast (though Lodgepole pine occurs in the Cascades). This is where Wrentits are found. Dan _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]