Field notes, v1670
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Strong. 1921, Kuspine Valley, 23 mi. N. of Hazelton, B.C. 79. Mr. Beirne Langh has seen them 100 mi. north of here. This evening as we were hunting mainly for loon a flock of eight big Canada Geese flew over apparently heading for the lake. They made a beautiful sight as they flew in a long line across the sunset sky, with the gray mountains in the background. Shot one young Slate: Colonel Juneo. Fri. June 24. Mr. Swarth saw a Yamend Solitaire this morning, and shot a male Purple Finch and two Cedar Waxwings, while taking a picture of a Juneo's nest. Yesterday he saw a female Mallard drum in the marsh. I hunted thru the field and boggy ground to the north, and came out on a small slough near Four Horned Owls. the edge of the big cottonwoods when an owl flew up, I shot him, and another flew up in a fence about thirty feet off. I shot him with the aux. when another flew up and I killed him at long range with P.P. shot. Hearing hoots off toward the river and got another Owl at long range. All four were young but and I only caught a glimpse of what may have been the adult in the distance. They are large dark birds, and probably have no mature feathers for identification. This is a very large brood, two being usual. Evidently,