[obol] question

[Alan Contreras]

There have been occasional reports of Sharp-tailed Grouse in east-central
Baker County in the past 20 years. There are populations not far away on the
Idaho side of the Snake.  This area is rugged and has little access.  I
would not be surprised if a remnant or naturally re-establishing population
were there.

-- 
Alan Contreras
EUGENE, OREGON

acontrer at mindspring.com
OREGONREVIEW.BLOGSPOT.COM





> From: Darrel Faxon <5hats at peak.org>
> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:03:27 -0700
> To: Obol <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
> Subject: [obol] question
> 
> Obolites,
>     Can anyone give me any information on the latest status of Sharp-tailed
> Grouse in Eastern Oregon?   I have a specific reason for the question.  This
> morning I talked with a young man whose family owns about twenty sections
> between North Powder and the Snake River in Baker County.  He said the
> property was being managed primarily for wildlife, with plantings for deer,
> elk, and gamebirds.  I asked him if he had ever seen Sharp-tailed Grouse
> there, and he said yes; said he had seen them a couple of times.   I never met
> this young man before, but from talking with him it was apparent he had a
> pretty good working knowledge of the birds he sees.  If he was correct in his
> id of the grouse, it brings up some questions.  How far from the recent
> reintroduction near Zumwalt in Wallowa County have the grouse been known to
> wander?  I would assume not as far as Baker County.  If they have not been
> known to wander that far, it would seem to open the possiblility that a few of
> the birds from the original native population might still be hanging on in
> Baker County.  It was, after all, the last known location of that population
> in Oregon, and there are things out there which for many years were overlooked
> by birders and biologists alike.  Boreal Owl for example.  It would not seem
> to me impossible.
> 
> Darrel
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