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12 B WEDNESDAY. AUGUST IS, 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON COMMANDER - Col. Aaron E. Blewett, recently appoint ed commander of the Oregon sector, headquarters, Vancou ver barracks. Wash., was scheduled to make his initial visit to local U. S. Army Re serve units today. Lt. Col. Delyle L. Seda, deputy com mander, was to accompany him. Colonel Blewett returns as commander to the post where he first saw active duty with the Seventh U. S. Infan try regiment in 1939. He at tended the University of Idaho and was commissioned a sec ond lieutenant in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program. (U. S. Army photo) IX, mi a. Smal1 Worlds tl Around Us By , Lynn W. Watkint (RecUur ti Trmnrn SyndlctW, H62) Aciiva Gnaleatchar la a Beneficial Bird If it lived up to its name, any bug besides a gnat would be safe abroad when the blue gray gnatcatcher is out after a meal of bugs. This vivacious little bird takes insects as it finds them, any and all. Perhaps that per son who first gave the bird its common name supposed that midges, gnats, black flies and punkics were its sole food in- 3 But, actually, they are only a small part of the complete diet. Any worm, larva, insect or insect egg Is food to this woodland bird. But gnatcatch er is the name. Because this bird's diet does not adhere to a strict entomo logical classification, it is one of the most beneficial of birds having to do with insect con trol. The blue-gray gnatcatcher Is small, warbler-size with plumage softly tinted with white and gray. It has a black forehead and bill. The tail is long and slender, edged with while. Active, Alert Like the warblers, the gnat catcher is very active and alert. Almost nervously, It darts from one nart of a tree to another, but at the same time being careful to remain always in the upper branches. With every movement of (he body the tail is jerked violently, while at the same time the wings scorn to droop. This droopiness, however, Is an illusion, as there is nothing sluggish in its activities. The notes of the song the gnatcatcher utters are very soft and low. One has to be very close to Hie bird to hear the song at all. Even a half dozen yards is out of hearing range. There can be a half dozen of the birds in a tall tree, and a listener on the ground may not hear a single note. Tlie birds sing at their work, for in their quick dashes from a tree to a bush, or to another tree, they pick up insects on the way. Migrates Each Year This small, warbler -like bird migrates each year to Mexico or Central America for the winter, but returns in the early spring to the north ern states to raise Its family, i It is known to nest at times in New England. To discover the nest of the blue-gray gnatcatcher is to ex perience one of the most pleasurable rewards of the outdoors, for it is actually jewel-like. Some students say the nest is even more beauti ful than that of the ruby throated hummingbird. 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