March 23, 1942 Mary's River near Bob's Ranch. 3:30 to 5 p.m. Windy, hail storm, clear warm etc. Phenology: Fringe Cup leaves are up but no shoots. Wood violet (Viola glabella) blossoms are very common. Trilliums are up with but not no flower yet. Flicker Song Sparrow Slender-billed Nuthatch English Sparrow Sparrow Hawk Seattle Wren Robin Oregon Towhee Killdeer Junco Oregon Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Wood Luck (Male and Female) They took to flight just as I sighted them. They gave alarm call, all the time that they were in flight. China Pheasant Rufous Hummingbird-- Hovering around many of the Red Flowering Currant bushes. Mallards Valley Quail-- located heavily concentrated roosting grounds of some sort. Ruby-crowned Kinglet-- got one within one foot of my face be "squeeking" Western Meadlowlark Brewer Blackbird Savannah Sparrow Wilson Snipe American Pipit-- flock of 15 or so in muddy flat near slough with 2 Robins Violet-green Swallow -- pair of them Horned Larks -- In field adjoining trail or lane. Chipping Sparrow -- In top branches of a tree in an orchard. Western Crow -- 3 of them in a plowed field. Audubon Warbler --First saw one male with insect in its bill. Then saw a female in same tree with insect in her mouth. I watched them for quite some time while they hopped from branch to branch, but they didn't seem to be going any place in particular. I thought they might have a nest so I inspected all the surrounding trees and found one in the upper branches of an Oak tree! Whether this is the nest or not, I do not know, as this is not the usual location for Aud. Warbler nests. Perhaps it is located in the lower bushes where I didnot see it. The possibility of there being a nest near was more enhanced when a chipping sparrow came into the lower branches of an adjoining tree and both the male and the female Aud. Warblers took to flight and chased him out of the 28 species immediate territory. They also gave scolding notes. March 27, 1942 3 to 6 p.m. On road from Corvallis to Beacon Hill east of Sheda. Hazy, breeze, and warm. Valley Quail Robin American Pipit Horned Lark Killdeer Western Bluebird Flicker Brewer Blackbird Oregon Junco Cottontail Oregon Towhee English Sparrow Bush Tit Jack Rabbit Turkey Vulture -- Lots of them circling around over the countryside. Gray Ligger. Sharp-shinned Hawk Gairdner Woodpecker Oregon Chickadee Western Meadowlark Winter Wren W. Red-tailed Hawk Slender-billed Nuthatch Chipping Sparrow China Pheasants -- Cocks seemed to have exceptionally white crowns March 28 and 29, 1942 Timberline Lodge Hazy and clear. Not windy, Gray Jay -- Lots of them in the area around the lodge. Very tame Clarke Nutcracker -- Quite a few of them in the vicinity of the lodge also. Oregon Chickadee -- Junco Stellar Jay -- With the other jays Pipits -- Several pairs and small flocks flying on the mountain. Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel -- running on the snow at Gov't Camp. lots of snowshoe rabbit tracks but I didn't see any live ones.