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Slings - 1921.
Haqleton, British Columbia: 47,
about sixty pipits in full plumage, many Silvidated Warblers are going thru - and both the latter are apparently migrating. Saw many Myrtle Warblers (Vendronica coricata) and thought I saw an Audubon Warbler (Id a auduboni)
Found a Junco's nest, in a level, mead of grass and containing eggs and newly hatched young. (J. hyemalis oreganus) (?)
Salsophorus Rufus - very common, especially around Indian gardens. Meting in full swing, saw one courting flight close to, the male shooting up in the air about sixty feet, clearing the tops of the tineshes and down twice, buzzing like a bullet as he darted up and down at a slant. They seem to like the gooseberry and saplery blossoms especially! Song Sparrows,
M. M., are here but not overly abundant. Gambeli's are common, their song being easily distinguished, as it does not have the rising and falling cadence of the Nuttali who is also her, altho no positive identification has been made.
Chipping Sparrows, (Spigella p. passerine) the Eastern form are also here. Purple Finches (Carpodacus p. purpureus) are in small flocks. Red-breasted Sapsuckers, at least two are here, drumming constantly on the telephone poles. (Sphyrapicus r. ruber.) usually in the same place.
Violet Green and Tree Swallows (Iridopomene bicolor)
V.G. = (Tachycineta thalassina bipida) are both quite common, the latter being by far most abundant.
No thrushes other than the common American Robin - Warbling Vireos (Vireolyha giba giba, or q. swainsoni was One pair of crows are here, and have been seen several