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Marshall 1944
6.
General Account
"Birds of Gainesville, Ozark Co., Mo."
Attached : Leopold & Dalke 1943
"1942 Status of Wild Turkeys in Missouri"
May 11 Gainesville, Ozark Co., Mo. At 8:30
PM Hawk about 100 swifts milled
about 15' chimney & went in
over 20 min per. "Whip-poor-will" called
May 12 AM Hiked to edge town saw a [illegible]
cuckoo, several 2-winged swallows
perched on stubs along stream,
went up a cypress covered slope
where a few jays & chickadees.
Oaks on other side : Summer
Tanager singing ( sharp pli-trit ),
Brdigo counting singing in burned
area, many Olive-barked Thrushes
foraging in trees. Red-eyed Vireo
& Black-poll Warblers abundant
in oaks. Bewick Wrens numerous
and Thythons in family groups
of 6 or 7 noisy singing, came
around owl calls.
PM. Went to cypress & oak steep
slope of ridge across stream at
8:30. Last night woke up in
middle of moonlit night - Caprimulgids
calling incessantly - decided were
not whip-poor-wills.. At about,