Local bird experts, Frank Lospalluto, Bob Hunter and SOLC Land Steward, Karen Hussey, will lead a birding trip to this private property on the Rogue River near Dodge Bridge County Park. Habitats include oak woodland, grassland, chaparral, and an extensive floodplain forest with large black cottonwoods and black oaks. Birds may include Lewis’s Woodpecker, Western Bluebird, Oak Titmouse, Pygmy Owl, and Bald Eagle, as well as fall migrants.
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy has an option to buy this valley-floor property for conservation. For more information on on this initiative go to Conserve the Heart of the Rogue.
The hike and tour will start at 8:00 am. Meeting location is at the Preserve. Directions will be emailed upon registration. Tour is restricted to 15 people.
For more info or help with registration call 541.482.3069 or email info@landconserve.org.
WAITING LIST:
Folks on the waiting list often get invited to the hike, so please add your name if the hike is full.
If you ever peer into a half-rotted log you might be so lucky to find a slippery pair of eyes staring back at you. If you’re extremely lucky those eyes could belong to a Pacific giant salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus). Usually seen wriggling through woody debris or eating a mildly toxic banana slug, these marbled beauties are found throughout western Oregon.