The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-01

- Acr.pfsr vel2x saarp-wsaged hawk.
Several individuals noted.
=. Buteo bcreaEss eairgs. Western red
tail Based 81 single specimen. pre-
served by Ralph sescaIs, near Silver. TIE
bsff-os ars rare In Osanozan county, hat
must be common OF the Big Bend plateau.
JUS, across tire Columbia river
p. AFeAlhuteo lagcp4s cancii-i,Asnais.
American roaxh-legged hawk--oniy che
individual CO t:sis cEn6rous hawk Was
noted
-. Ar~hshusea serrusineus. Fsr-usfnous
roIsh-.eg Several p&srS seen. | found \
nest near Chesan. which was occupied hy
two fresh eggs on TIRE Iash Of April II
was placed sixty Zee, high on knob pre-
5eetin- Fron the face % perpenalcui2r
cliff The birds were srSant towards and
offered 70 rsu1onstrauee while their nest
was being pillagsd-
- .Aqui}a carysaesosa Golden eagle
Fairy common throughout tfe county.
This eagle y a familiar feature Of our
witdess mountain scenery. ard Is especially
likely to turn up after one has killed a
fnagnaIn goat, one pair breeds within
20 yards % farmhouse near The Okla
nogan T.vSF
A. Hallaeetns ieucccephalus Bald eagle.
Comparatively rare. Only three or four
individuals were noted during my stay.
a. Falco mexIcanus Prairie taIcon.-
a.
est rap,o- One coulee in particular.
which connected two large terrace tops or
fats aioag the Columbia river, and whose
walls were beetling cliffs towering a thou
sand feet high sheltered half a dozen
pairs OF these falcons. TIE favorite
breeding site Is some inaccessible niche in
a perpendicular rock-wall. which faces
some open situation. Except III places
where they eongregate for sport, the pres
cree OF these birds Is likely TO go unsus-
pected, until the screaming o. the fall
comets hetrays the nesting site.
AZ Falco colambarius. Pigeon hawk
One specimen shot. Probably no. uncom-
mon. The relation Of this bird 10 Richard
sons merlin was net satisfactorily deter
mined.
H. Falcn sparverius deserticolus. Desert
sparrow hawk -Abundant on the lower
foothills and IN open situations. Less COM
mon in the mountains.
s.. Paniion haliaetus carolinensls. Amer
lean osprey.-Common along the Columbia
river and tributary streams.
IS. Asio wiison.aDus. American long
cared owI.-Two or three pairs will be
found in any considerable swamp Eggs
we're taken in April and in June.
a.. Bubo virEtniansus saturatus West
ern horned owl.-~Thesa birds were seen
only at the upper end OF Lake Chelan.
Is. Speotyto cunicuiaria hypogaea. Bur-
rowing owl.-Not a characteristic bird. but
sill 10 be occasionally met with in the
serni-arid and treeless portions at lower
levels.
A. Ceryle alcyon. Belted kingfisher-
Not a common bird. except on Lake Che
Ian. where Ii winters.
%. Dryobates yiIlosus harrisii. Harris
woodpecker.-Not common.
81. Dryobates pubescens homcrus.
BatchJId er's Observation-Disclosures are
nAs ar na FIR h. ri laf.s =
Of this sub-Species. The bird is fairly COM
mon
81 Nenopicus albolarvatus. Whitehead
ed woodpecker-Th. bird was seem only
twice. The last time ii was found nesting
~ an altitude Of 3,1oo feet. There appears
To be nothing unusual about It's nesting
habits except that in this instance the
eggs were all dotted with pitch. winch was
probably derived from the chips at the
bottom OF the mast. The pitch spots were
distributed with toierabie uniformity, ana
had become black through contact with
foreign matter.
-. Sphyra picus r,iber. Red-breasted
sapsucker.-One specimen was shot from
d fir tree on the shore of the lake,
81 ceophloeus pileatus. Pi.eated wood
pecker.-Not common. Perhaps a half
dozen individuals were seen
80. Melauerpes torauss4us. Lewis wood
pecker.-The black woodpecker is enc
of the most characteristic birds Of the re-
gion. l. Is. however. pretty closely con-
Tined 10 the lower levels Every consider
able dead tree IN the coulees or along the
river banks is bound 10 have furnished at
one tine or another home tor these
birds
56. colapates cafer. Red-shafted flicker.
Common. The careless rancher siin calls
1t yellow hammer"
%. PhaiaenoptilCs nuttalH. Poor-will.--
nNar .4F
take its insect prey or or close 10 the
ground. II il confined to semi-arid regions
In valleys and draws"
y. ChoFdeiies Virginlanus heuryi West
ern observation-disclosures sparingly in open
situations.
% Cyhpselofdes niger boreal.s Plack
sWsit--These errasic and almos. uncauny
creatures appeared at Chelan several
times during the summer OF 1891 Tney
would come in a struggling flock at about
I O'Clock in the morning. hawking at in
seciS az they went, but all coming from
MP the like and moving eastward l saw
them oniy once this year, on June g. On
ihis occasion / saw company o. score
hunting ls.surely at high noon, over the
okaAogan river. In The evening Of the
same day hundred or so gathered after
tbs manner of chimney swifts. to gyraie
in social fashion. az a point on the Column
blA river twenty miles south from the first
ones observed.
~, Chaetura vauxii. Naux' swlst-The
only point in the county where these birds
were noted was at the head of Lake Che
ian, where they regularly nested and
roos;ed in the hollow limbs of dead balm
trees.
81. AeTonautes melanoleucus. White
throated sw3ft-A single specimen seen
Woile exploring the cliffs OF the Columbia
river gorge. seems referable to this spe-
cieS. i was probably wsnderer from
some detached colony, recently enigrated
70 this northern limit Of the seni-arid re-
gion.
= TTochiius alexandra. Black-chinned
humIlrE htTd.-By no means a common
bird. Only two Glimpses were afforded me
1t this nim5ie fay. bur my conclusions are
confirmed ny other observers
as Seas phorus rufus. Rufous hummlnC
o.rd. A ouadAnt In certain mountain
gia1eS. whore Ere~weFds abound. these
hum'ueEs fairly swarm. They we're con-
tinEa.ly observed IN the vicinity Of the
glacier on Nright'S peak ut an altitude
OF >Ef feet. In their search for sweets
tAey SEEN 20 De attracted by color rather
taar 10y door, for they repeatedly exam
l"ed bright check blanket which a mem
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