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Cemetery Hill and A very Park March 14, 1942 8 to 11 a.m.
40°F and with a strong north wind blowing. Sky fairly clear.
English Sparrow
Western Evening Grosbeak
Robin
Me.lowlark
Flicker
Oregon Towhee -- Lots of them in brush along Brook Lane
Golden-crowned Kinglet --Several dozen of them working the buds and outer
branches of the D. Fir on Cemetery hill.
China Pheasant
Oregon Junco
Harlequin Luck -- 2 of them flushed off of Mary's River near swimming hole.
Blue and white showed well in flight.
Long-tailed Jay -- Several of them along brush and woods on Brook Lane
Gairdner Woodpecker
Varied Thrush-- One single in top of 60' D. Fir singing the same song or note
that I first heard near Mt. Jeff 2 summers ago.
Oregon Chickadee-- Flocked in with the G. C. Kinglets
Song Sparrow --
Seattle Wren
Slender-billed Nuthatch -- Learned one of its new calls that is a repeat note,
but has the tonal quality of a Robin or Black-headed Grosbeak.
Redbreasted Nuthatch.
Audubon Warbler -- -- Saw a male with brillian (nearly gold) crown, throat,
shoulder and rump patches. It had a repeat call I wasn't
familiar with.
Brewer Blackbird-- Just a few of them in small flocks.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-- With the Chickadees and G.C. Kinglets
Green-backed Goldfinch -- First of the season. Singing in top of oak tree.
I called closer to me by repeating its call notes. (Two types today)
California Creeper -- 2 of them working the trunk of a D. Fir. Very white belly
Western Crow
24 species.
Corvallis - Newport - Florence - A Lake - Junction City - March 15, 1942
Cloudy - cold - windy. Wayne's & J.
Robin-
English Sparrow-
West. Evening Grosbeak - Flock near Blodgett
Western Wren-
Surf Lested -
Sparrow Hawk - 2 along coast
Rubyface Hummingbirds - lots of them around the Red Flowering Current Blooms.
Seattle Wren
Western Crow - lots of them
Brewer Blackbird-
Western Meadowlark
Song Sparrow - Lots of them everywhere
Lunes
Flicker
Blue-winged Hill
Oyater Catcher - 2 on rock in Yaquette Harbor at noon
Oregon Chickadee - Lots of them with N. C. Kinglets
Kingfisher - single on Yaquette River
Golden-crowned Kinglet - lots of them at s. end of yaquette bridge
Long-tailed Jay
Lewis Woodpecker - single clinging to side of arav within 50 feet of sand north of sea Lion Cavea
Western Grosbea several in Siuslaw tidalwater
Blue Heron - In Bay edge at Florence
Trump Duck - 6 or Kinglaw at Mapleton
and Merganser- H + I in west of Lewis Home swimming downstream along the edge, male to its rear.
Wood Ducker - male in overflow creek near Cheese
Kludler -- Cost - several on Triangle Lake .