Wednesday, June 3, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters Country birds
Sisters had a warm month of May
According to preliminary
data received by NOAA’s
National Weather Service
in Pendleton, temperatures
at Sisters averaged slightly
warmer than normal during
the month of May.
The average temperature
was 52.3 degrees, which was
1.6 degrees above normal.
High temperatures averaged
68.5 degrees, which was 2.1
degrees above normal.
The highest was 82 degrees
on May 31. Low temperatures
averaged 36.2 degrees, which
was 1.1 degrees above nor-
mal. The lowest was 25
degrees, on May 1.
There were nine days with
the low temperature below 32
degrees.
Precipitation totaled 0.93
inches during May, which
was 0.28 inches below nor-
mal. Measurable precipitation
— at least .01 inch — was
received on 4 days with the
heaviest, 0.55 inches reported
on the 12th.
The highest wind gust was
35 mph, which occurred on
May 15.
The outlook for June from
NOAA’s Climate Prediction
Center calls for above-normal
temperatures and near-to-
below-normal precipitation.
Normal highs for Sisters
rise from 70.0 degrees at the
start of June to 80.0 degrees at
the end of June. Normal lows
rise from 38.0 degrees to 42.0
degrees. The 30-year normal
precipitation is 0.86 inches.
Use caution with mushroom identification
A Sunriver family suf-
fered mushroom poisoning
last week after misidentifying
mushrooms on private prop-
erty in Sunriver.
On May 28, at about
4 p.m. deputies with the
Deschutes County Sheriff’s
Office responded to a report
of a mushroom poisoning.
La Pine Fire Department also
responded to the scene to
assist.
An initial investigation at
the scene determined several
family members ingested
poisonous mushrooms after
misidentifying them as edible
on a phone app.
A 4-year-old, 14-year-old,
and a 34-year-old woman
were transported to SCMC,
Bend via ground ambulance.
A 15-year-old showed no
symptoms of mushroom pois-
ing but was also transported
to SCMC, Bend, for precau-
tionary measures.
The Deschutes County
Sheriff ’s Office recom-
mends the public learn what
the identifying features of
mushrooms are. Experts will
help with your questions and
recommend field guides and
other resources. Collect and
identify what you think is
the same species repeatedly.
Some mushrooms change
appearance dramatically as
they mature, or even in dif-
ferent seasons.
Use multiple field
guides. One picture is not
enough. Read the descrip-
tions carefully, and when in
doubt don’t consume wild
mushrooms.
By Douglas Beall
Correspondent
Rufous hummingbird
(Selasphorus Rufus) is a fiery
and often quarrelsome hum-
mingbird that is the most
common visitor to our nectar
feeders. The brilliant orange
gorget and rufous back flash
in the sunlight as they move
from blossom to blossom
gleaning nectar and also are
important pollinators within
the plant communities. The
rufous pollinates a number of
plants that bees are unable to
reach.
Weighing in at a little over
a penny, the rufous humming-
bird feeds frequently, for it
can lose up to 10 percent of
it’s body weight overnight!
Males typically migrate
earlier than females. In
spring early arrival is impor-
tant as they stake claim to the
best breeding territories. The
female rufous acts as a “sin-
gle” parent as it handles all
the rearing activities.
This photo was taken in
Black Butte swamp, June
2014. To see more hummer
photos, visit Douglas Beall’s
website: http://abirdsings
becauseithasasong.com/
recent-journeys.
photo by douGlaS beall
Rufous hummingbird.
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