Field notes, v1470
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Marshall, 1941 June 6 N. Santiam River, 3400 ft., Linn Co., Oregon the usual hermit warblers, golden- crowned kinglets, & red-backed chuckadees. Walked thru dense hemlock forest to a small Jay Lake. Very few birds in the forest - Perisoreus, 1 pr. Creepers, hermit warblers, & H. Thrushes. The lake is about 100 yards across, very shallow & fringed with glass, then willows, then slender little dwarf maples -- some called vine maples which grew 100 yard back into the timber. Timber (hemlock) very dense around the lake. Very few birds - 1 pair hairy woodpeckers, 3 Perisoreus, several hermit warblers, 1 pair juncos, 1 pr. tanagers, a Pileated Woodpecker. Many Turtles in the rather warm water. Went back to Big Meadow - saw Vaux Swifts & a Goshawk - both circling low over the meadows. June 7 Raining - not cold . The most northwesterly meadow of the 'Big Meadow' group is about 200 yards across & is fringed with some