Field notes, v665
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Continued Gardiner Woodpecker--Pecking away at an old snag Red-breasted Nuthatch--Three of them mixed in with bush-tits, chickadees, etc. Red-wing Blackbird--Near slough at West Woodburn. Cedar Waxwing--In an appropriate place--a cherry tree. Killdeer--Flushed from the gravel road in front of the car. Western Bluebird--Perched on the fence post. Western Meadowlark--On a telephone pole. Pacific Yellowthroat--In an Ash clump at Pudding River Vesper Sparrow--Along the edge of a farm road. English Sparrow--On front street in town. Yellow Warbler-- In the ash grove at pudding River. Cliff Swallow--Seen flying to eaves of a barn where a nest was located. Barn Swallow--The deeply forked tail was very conspicuous, easily distinguishing them from the cliff swallows. Western Crow--Flying overhead by the river. N.W. Red-breasted Sapsucker--I climbed a maple tree by the river and a scolding note came down to me, I thought it was a squirrel and so a pounded the branch and the scolding kept up, but finally [illegible] flew away. Black-headed Grosbeak--My first of the year. A female in the Ash Clump at the river. Fifty-two species June 12, 1941 3 P.M. - Electric Storm Payyants Woods. NW Red Breast Sapsucker - Female feeding young in hole in dead 8" fir about 20 feet from ground. Pecking noises from inside. Each time she brought food she sat above & on opposite side from hole & then she hopped down & around it. Also saw pair Great Gray Owls about 40" wingspread.