Field notes, v665
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Duck Trap Pond north of Corvallis. 10-3-42 8 to 10 a.m. Cold and very foggy. Junco Cedar Waxwing flocks Large flocks of Killdeer Song Sparrow China Pheas ant (35) Brewer Blackbirds (100's) Large flocks of Meadowlarks Vesper Sparrow Robin Mourning Dove Sparrow Hawk Wood Duck Long-tailed Jay Golden-crowned Sparrows (23) White-crowned Sparrow (7) Willow Goldfinch Flicker Mallard Oregon Chickadee Young Slender-billed Nuthatches Young Audubon Warblers on Lily Pads Hutton's Vireo Seattle Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Northwestern Redwing Green-winged Teal Purple Finch Western Red-tailed Hawk Green-backed Goldfinch Oregon Towhee Sharp-shinned Hawk Sandhill Crane: Flew over about 25 feet. Seemed to have a wing- spread of 7 or 8 feet, tip to tip. Neck was not bent, but was straight. Near me it banked its course and dipped downward very deftly for its size. Brook Lane 10-4-42 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Valley Quail, young Song Sparrow Robin Flicker Lutescent Warbler Young Willow Goldfinch? Pine Siskins North Cemetery Hill, Corvallis, Oregon Oct. 9, 1942 Cool and foggy. 8 to 9:30 a.m. Robin English Sparrow Green-backed Goldfinch Song Sparrow Cedar Waxwings Kildeer Towhee Seattle Wren Ring-necked Pheasant Junco Flicker Ruby-crowned Kinglets-- Many females and two males with red crown patches erected and very showy. They were feeding on insects in the oaks. White-crowned Sparrow--Several feeding on Cascara berries (R. Purshiana) and Flowering Dogwood frmt. (C. nuttallii) Slender-billed Nuthatch Audubon Warbler Coast Jay Purple Finch -- Eating berries of Cascara (Rhamnus Purshiana) Crow Golden-crowned Sparrow Bush Tit Oregon Chickadee Long-tailed Jay Western Meadowlark.