Field notes, v492
Page 193
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patch erected nearly perpendicular) - Poorwill (about & heard at once from rocky hillsides about camp. Answered call to batone) - Screech Owl ( one heard calling inside Canyon near comp ) - Golden Eagle ( Johnson called my attention to 3 birds sailing over camp early this morning; 2 were Eagles & the other a Turkey Vulture. Similar angle of Vultures wings & silvery undersurface noticeable. Also saw golden head on one of the eagles) about 15 - Crossbills? ( Saw flock of birds Custer Way wing size flying & circling over camp early in morning! Giving notes that occur in pairs & maybe called "Kip-Kip", very soft staccato. Wing beat slower than Warwinge. Light was bad & couldn't distinguish colors with glasses - tails somewhat longer than Warwinge ) - Ash-throated Flycatcher ( one found building nest inside Juniper stub { photo + description later } is packing fur of some kind in Woodpecker-like hole) - Scott Oriole ( Found 2 nests that look typical oriole of light brown fillets in Juniper near camp - & Scott Oriole seen to fly & give Clucking notes as it left a nest apparently just began about 15 high in Canyon - other nest in same tree)