Field notes, v665
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Apr. 3 - Cassin Vires along slough east of Childress Farm home with K. Walker. April 4, 1942. 8 - 11 a.m. Cemetery Hill and vicinity. Windy, cloudy, misting, and cold. With field zoology class. 133 Robin Ring-necked Pheasant White-crowned Sparrow English Sparrow Violet-green Swallow Audubon Warbler Brewer Blackbird Purple Finch Oregon Towhee Meadowlark Song Sparrow Killdeer Chipping Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Junco Green-backed Goldfinch -- The first I have seen for several weeks. It was perched on a telephone wire, and then dropped down into a weed patch to feed. Lutescent Warbler -- Saw two pairs in the scrub oak on Cemetery hill. They were singing quite a bit and were not hard to stalk. Oregon Chickadee Western Crow Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- For a quite a bit of the early part of the morning I had been hearing a song that I wasn't familiar with or had forgotten, and then I found it was the kinglet giving the call notes. Slender-billed Nuthatch Seattle Wren Western Bluebird -- One pair in a fence row. Flicker-- Only saw one the whole morning in this area. Western Evening Grosbeak -- Feeding on the maple tree buds. April 4, 1942. 3-5:30 p.m. Oak grove south of Philomath. Warmy, sunny, and cloudy and rainy. With Bill Johnson. 134 Robin China Pheasant Oregon Towhee Canada Geese -- All day there have been lots of flocks flying north. I would say that Brewer Blackbird I have been 4 or 5,000 go over today. Redwing They were not flying very high either. Flicker -- several of them here Long-tailed Jay -- 5 of these in the area and they were in very well developed plumage colors. Rufous Hummingbird-- Oregon Chickadee Song Sparrow Seattle Wren Crow Killdeer Slender-billed Nuthatch Sharp-shinned Hawk -- One flew over us giving its single note call. It lit in an oak. Turkey Vulture Yellow Warbler -- I heard the call for the first time this year and then located the bird all by itself in an oak tree on the east side of the hill. Chipping Sparrow Gairdner Woodpecker. April 8, 1942. 7 to 9 a.m. Corvallis to "Old Baldy" Cool, Perfect day. 135 Robin Oregon Vesper Sparrow Killdeer Flicker Redwing Wilson Snipe English Sparrow Crow White crowned Sparrow Oregon Chickadee West rn Evening Grosbeak Western Meadowlark Purple Finch Brewer Blackbird Song Sparrow Violet-green Swallow Ruby-crowned Kinglet Gaironer Woodpecker House Finch Horned Lark -- perched on fence post beside the road. Marks and horns were prominent. Pacific Yellowthroat -- Feeding in brush near Oak Creek Bridge. Song was given. April 9, 1942 - Corvallis - Flock of Sand - Tail pt geem flying low + going north.