September 17, 1941 Payzants Woods 3-4:30 P.M. Weather heavily overcast. Woodburn Slight breeze. Brewer's Blackbird--flocks of them over the countryside. Sparrow Hawk--perched on light wire by road. Male. Flicker--lots of them in the woods I saw a hummingbird chase one. English Sparrow--In road on way out. Greenback Goldfinch--In thistle patch along river bottom. Oregon Towhee--Several of them scratching in the brush. Savannah Sparrow--Yellowish sides of head was very distinct for this season. In flock. Pacific Yellowthroat.--Along Butte Creek bottom. Single male on thistle. Lutescent Warbler--In ash tree along the trail. I knew its call. Cedar Waxwing--Several flocks in fir trees, in hazel brush and flying overhead. Long-tailed Jay--Flew from oak tree near us. Band-tailed Pigeon--Same place as one I saw about 4 months ago in Ash tree. (Might possibly by the same individual.) Stellar Jay--There seemed to be an abundance of them today. Red-tailed Hawk--Flew overhead uttering its screaming cry. Several of them today. Cassin's Purple Finch--In weed patch feeding. Sharp-shinned Hawk--There was a regular invasion of them today. When standing in one place I could see 4 or 5 different individuals. One flew from the ground with a mouse into a dead tree. Also saw one overtake a Vaux Swift in mid-air and capture it. Another was pursuing a flock of Robins. Western Robin--Quite a few of them. (There don't seem to be any in the town itself.) Rufous Hummingbird--One just missed my ear. Another chased a flicker. Rusty Song Sparrow-- Seattle Wren--Scolded us from a bush. Plumage seemed very bright. Golden-crowned Kinglet--A small flock of them- first I have seen this season. Gairdner Woodpecker--Two of them working on a snag and giving the single note call. Oregon Chickadee--Mixed in the flock of Kinglets. Little Flycatcher--Perched on snag and sallying forth a few feet from its perch for bugs. Mourning Dove--One single flew over us. Slender-billed Nuthatch--Working the bark of an old fir tree. Lewis Woodpecker--Pair of them in an oak tree. Harris Woodpecker--Flew to a dead limb of an ash tree near us. Vaux Swift--Several of them flying in small flocks overhead. One met his fate when he was captured by a Sharp-shinned Hawk. 29 species. What surprised me today was to see so many different birds in the country. For the past 3 or 4 weeks there have been practically no birds in the city of Woodburn. The hawks must be having there fall migration at this time because I have seen many of the Sharp-shinned and Red-tailed hawks today.