An adult Hutton's Vireo bringing food to young in the nest.
The Flycatcher
To describe my lifelong fascination with flight and with creatures that fly I like to echo the words of John James Audubon who in 1839 wrote of himself as "...one who never can cease to admire and to study with zeal and the most heartfelt reverence, the wonderful productions of an Almighty Creator."
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I am curious as to the location an height of this nest above ground. I am trying to get a better idea of the nesting haunts of our forest birds.
Thanks
David
baileydc@pdx.edu
This nest is in a strip of riparian habitat about 80 yards from the edge of the Willamette River. The edge of an open field is about the 50 yards in the other direction. The nest is about 12 to 14 ft. above the ground in the outer branches of a large English walnut tree. The predominate tree in the area is Black Cottonwood, and there is a lot of brushy undergrowth. There are also scattered oaks and firs and a 1/4 mile row of (I think) Incense Cedars that someone planted at least 50 years ago.
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