Corvallis February 25, 1941 From 69 North 26th to the Poultry Building. Weather.Breezy and clear. Time: 2 P M Birds seen: Robin Varied Thrush Chestnut-backed Chickadee Song Sparrow (Rusty) Meadowlark Flicker Audubon Warbler Golden-crown Kinglet Oregon Chickadee Junco Seattle Wren Sparrow Hawk Bluebird (western) English Sparrow Killdeer Sharp-shinned Hawk Purple Finch Western Evening Grosbeak: I sat right in the middle of a flock of them for five minutes or better. It was on the street side of Hawley Hall. There were 30 or 40 in the flock. Some of them came within 2 or 3 feet of me as I sat on the fender of a car. They were very busy extracting the seed from the Maple Samara that were lying on the ground and in the gravel at the edge of the road. All the time several would be coming in to land as others were flying to the trees. All the while they were giving that very familiar "churring" and squeaky note of theirs. The male specimens were very dark in general body color, especially on the top of the head and the neck and along the back. The underparts were more olive color. There is a wide gold bar above the eyes on the forehead, which showed up very distinctly against the black of the head. The anterior margin, the coverts, and the primary feathers were all black and the secondary wing feathers were a very clear and bright white. These Grosbeaks have a very heavy and big beak which is yellow.