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1965
Bill Arvey Journal
Have seen Steller's jays in the campsites, a western
tanager, some junco's, fleetingly as they are not too common
here. Saw a spotted Sandpiper down on the lake.
July 9- Up at 8 AM. Went bird watching around the camp. Saw junco's
close by. All appeared to be Oregon junco's although they are rather
dark. Near campsites in Spruce tree are a pair of golden kinglets.
Saw a MacGillivrae warbler in beautiful plumage near by foraging
about 10 feet up in conifers. He came up with a moth of some
sort and was very excited, jumped around with it. A single
Audubon's warbler was in the same tree. Saw a tennessee
warbler, very grayish, probably the male. 2 spotted sandpipers
met me in the road. They were excited about my presence, ran
a few steps, stopped and pumped their rear ends up and down.
The bill was bright red on both. Probably hiding a
nest. Saw 2 or 3 robins, one sang for a long time. Near the
boat landing I watched a male American redstart singing
and chasing other birds off his territory. By the waters
edge I watched a family of Northern Waterthrushes
moving up the river edge. One parent was being chased
by 3 or 4 young and had to move rapidly to keep ahead.
The parent had much more rufous on it than the young, a more
conspicuous eye stripe also. The young looked more like
Song Sparrows.
Left at 11:30 to drive about 15 miles back to the Helmcken Falls
area on the Clearwater River. Here I fished til 5 PM,