July 18, 1942 West Woodburn 8:30 p.m. I was driving along the highway there, when a Mourning Dove jumped up off the road in front of the car and flew steadily in front of it for 3/4 of a mile at a speed of from 30 to 35 miles per hour. July 25, 1942 Camas, Washington 9-2:30 p.m. Iutescent Warbler Little Flycatcher Robin Oregon Towhee Crow Oregon Chickadee Green-backed Goldfinch Pacific Yellowthroat Audubon Warbler Russet-backed Thrush Blue Heron White-crowned Sparrow Turkey Vulture Western Gull August 2, 1942 Newport, Agate Beach, Corvallis and en Route. Besides the common occurences, we observed: Tree Swallows in great abundance in the coast area. Lots of Blue Herons in the bay at Newport. Surf and White-winged Scoters and Western Grebes. Spotted Snadpipers Black Turnstones Barn Swallows by the 100's flying on Yaquina Head near the lighthouse. One pair had a mud nest above the sill of the front door to Dr. Smith's beach cabin at agate beach. Made of grass and feathers. Observed two Kingfishers out over the ocean at Yaquina Head. They flew up to some high rocky perches, and then started chasing each other again; Surf Birds -- Saw two of them in the rocks along the edge of Yaquina Head. General color was grayish. Along agate beach there were more than 20 California Murre's lying dead. All seemed to have been dead only a short time. They covered 1/2 mile of the beach. Pigeon Guillemots were swimming and diving in the waters just off shore from the Head and also in the pockets or pools along the shoreline. Here's something that you won't believe but two people can't be blind ! Wayne Harris and I were driving along a gravel road at the North shore of Yaquina Bay at about 10:30 a.m. when we saw a strange, but brilliant bird in the roadway ahead. We slowed up and the bird to to flight just ahead of the car where both of us could get full views of this deep red-bodied and black winged bird. It was about the size above that of an English Sparrow. It could be nothing but a Scarlet Tanager ! Upon investigation, I find that it is not found in this area, but in Taverner's Birds of Canada, he mentions one record of this bird for Vancouver Island, north of here. Maybe we aren't crazy, no ? Calif. Murre's lying dead on the beach. Seemed to be oiled.