The Hundred Valleys of the Umpqua

Introduct ion This is the third of 3 articles discussing the birds of Douglas County that Sawyer and Hunter envisioned during the early 1980s (please review the memoriam of Martha Sawyer in OB 18(1):12-13). Earlier articles described coastal Douglas County (Sawyer and Hunter 1988; Part 1) and a portion of the Cascades of Douglas County (Fix and Sawyer 1991; Part 2) (Figure 1). This paper and accompanying checklist cover the lowland valleys, woods, and waters of central Douglas County, generally below 1200 ft. elevation and bounded approximately by a line connecting Drain, Glide, Tiller, Glendale, Camas Valley, and Elkton (Figure 1). Areas of extensive conifer forests, regenerating timber harvest units, and elevations above 1200 ft. within or outside of the boundary shown may not be well-represented here. The area of central Douglas County shown in DeLorme's Oregon Atlas and Gazetteer (1991) as a mosaic of white (non-wooded) and green (wooderD most accurately reflects the area covered by this paper.