TOP: Birdwatchers (from left) Rebekah Bergkoetter, Erich Reeder and Luke Bryan look for birds at Denman Wildlife Area on Saturday as part of the nationwide Audubon Christmas Bird Count. BOTTOM: An acorn woodpecker pecks at acorns embedded in a tree at Denman Wildlife Area outside White City on Saturday. Teams of volunteers, coordinated by the Rogue Valley Audubon Society, counted birds at locations around Medford and Jackson County as part of the Audubon Christmas Bird Count.
By Chrissy Ewald of the Daily Courier
WHITE CITY — In a line of oak trees, a group of birdwatchers out for a field day on Saturday spotted a tan sparrow with a dark head.
The bird — a type of sparrow called a dark-eyed junco — carried on with its business, unaware its presence was being logged into a data sheet by the volunteers with the Rogue Valley Audubon Society. Read More »
If Friday's non-league contest between Grants Pass and South Medford is any indication, seats at Southwest Conference games might be a hot ticket.
Junior Jordan Rossetta hit a driving baseline runner as time expired to lift the Cavemen to a 51-50 overtime win over the Panthers at Heater-Newman Memorial Gymnasium.
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A 31-year-old man was cited for drug possession and driving with a suspended license and no insurance at 12:55 a.m. Saturday near the Grants Pass Parkway and Agness Avenue.
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A 42-year-old woman was cited on a third-degree theft charge at Walmart at 12:06 p.m. Saturday.
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