Southern Oregon is the northwest limit of the breeding range of Blue-gray gnatcatcher, which, as its name implies, is an active, diminutive bluish-gray.
This is an energetic bird, commonly jerking its tail sharply to one side, wings held below, occasionally spreading its tail.
It breeds in numerous disjunct localities and may be expanding its range in Oregon. It is an uncommon to common summer resident in the interior Rogue Valley.
