Field notes, v665
Page 171
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January 10, 1942 2 - 2:45 P.M. Cloudy, cold, no wind, foggy parts. Previous week has had snow and silver thaw (worst in history) Arnold Way - 27th St.- Grant - Cemetery Hill- Across to Oak Creek Road- Dairy Barn - and back to 26th and Monroe. Robin-- English Sparrow Rusty Song Sparrow Northwestern Flicker Golden-crowned Sparrow American Pipit Western Bluebird Northwestern Red-breasted Sapsucker Western Crow Slender-billed Nuthatch Alaska Hermit Thrush--At head of first hill on Cemetery Hill road --Very quiet in habit, but out in the open with a Audubon Warbler Very whitish below with heavy triangle dots on chest. Deeper brown above. White around eye as in Russet-back. Seemed to be smaller however, not over 6 inches long. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Oregon Chickadee Seattle Wren Bush Tit Valley Quail China Pheasant Audubon Warbler Cairuner Woodpecker Fox Sparrow Oregon Junco Oregon Towhee Brewer Blackbird Western Meadowlark Jan 26, 1942 3 AM - Rainy, overcast, windy. Meadowlark singing. Killdeer, Robin (250), Eng. Sparrow, 4 Rigits. + 2 Mourning Doves (one of which appeared to be white above and below) They were on a radio aerial wire on the Bennett House on 26th Street. Could it have been an albino? Feb 5, 1942 7:55 AM - Weather stormy, rainy etc. Cool about 45° F Saw pair of Robins "join their stuff" on the lawn near Snell Hall for a period of about 2 min. Natural position was assumed for this. This is perhaps a very early season to be doing this. February 7, 1942 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Cemetery hill. Windy, cloudy (breaking) Robin, 37 Rock Dove, 2 Meadowlark, 9 Killdeer, 63 Western Bluebird, 2 Brewer Blackbird, 2 Northwestern Flicker, 4 Red-breasted Nuthatch Horned Owl, 2 26 species Red-breasted Sapsucker China Pheasant, 5 Audubon Warbler, 14 Rusty Song Sparrow, 9 Puget Sound Sparrow, 20 Oregon Junco, 28 Varied Thrush-only 1 I've seen this winter. Coast Jay Long-tailed Jay Golden-crown Sparrow, 4 Seattle Wren Oregon Towhee, 6 Crow, 6 English Sparrow, 15 Oregon Chickadee, 12 Winter Wren Cedar Waxwing 248 individuals seen