January 17, 1942 12-mile Swamp south of Corvallis. 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cold and windy and snowy in a.m. and clear and cold after noon. With Bob Livezey. Varied Thrush Flicker Junco -- several small flocks of them over the countryside. Song Sparrow -- at the swamp and seemed to be patterned differently than the local Rusty Song Sparrow. White-crowned Sparrow-- Along the fence row near Wagner's Butte Audubon Warbler -- seemed to be scattered small flocks and individuals China Pheasant -- Many of them. Sparrow Hawk -- several of them on the fence posts and telephone poles, and they were all in rich plummage. Robin -- One field had 100's of them. Crow -- One flock of over 500 was flushed from a sheep pasture. Western Meadowlark -- scattered individuals Brewer Blackbird -- & * We saw one bird in this mixed flock that had white down the center * of the tail and white wing primaries, and a buff at bend of wing Red-wing Blackbird Partial albino Lesser Canada Goose. There were 100's and 100's (Maybe 2 or 3,000) of these and the ---- Common Canada Goose flying to and from the field around the swamp and circling overhead in large flocks. I took 4 pictures of them. (Good???) Marsh Hawk -- We saw several of these today, and both of saw as many as at least 4 of them at one time. They were a rather rusty red on the back and the white rump patch showed plainly. They were not very bashful of us. We watched one dive and chase pheasants in an adjoining field. It even chased a small bird (Song Sparrow). When it was over the water it dove and tried to capture Mallards and Pintails, but it was not fast enough. They never dove from very high up, most not being over 10 feet. Mallards -- large flocks of them on the area Pintails. The malés were in brilliant plumage and there were many of them on the water and circling overhead. Coots -- Took 4 pictures of them (Good ???) Green-wing Teal -- Boy !this was really something to talk about, yes sir ! I would say we saw well over 1000 of these teal circling and dipping and squawking as they flew overhead in one almost solid flock. When they were near the air sounded like a strong wind. Really something that I will not forget. Shoveler-- Saw just one male and one female today. Kingfisher-- Seemed to be pretty tame. Always gave its rattle call as it lit on a tree limb. While watching it fly from one tree to another, it stopped its forward motion and hovered while beating its wings, and it lost no elevation, but did back up slightly before going forward again. It hovered for 3 or 4 seconds. Rusty-song Sparrow Semi-palmated Flover -- Flock of about 30 of these came in to the swamp and lit on the vegetation. They had only one band across the chest. American Pipit -- Saw several flocks of these, both large and small. Wilson Snipe ---- Saw probably 25 or 30 of these today in our meanderings. Great Blue Heron - Just one. Killdeer -- occasional pairs or small flocks Sharp-shinned Hawk -- saw 2 or 3 of these today Lesser Snow Goose- In with a flock of Canada Geese. Plainly visible over a half mile away. It tagged along behind a small flock of Canadas and it was calling. Its call was not to unlike the Canadas. Head seemed to have some yellowish or brown on it, as the bird came close. Black wing tips. Over please.