March 5, 1943, 8 to 11 a.m. To John Davis Place on Peoria Ferry road east of Corvallis. Foggy and cold the first hour or so. Violet-green Swallow Crow Song Sparrow Wilson Snipe (25 to 30) Valley Quail Red-tailed Hawk Mallard Blue-wing Teal (16) Flicker China Pheasant Killdeer Varied Thrush Slender-billed Nuthatch* Robin Song Sparrow Sparrow Hawk Gadwalls (8) Blue Heron Red-breasted Nuthatch Cliff Swallow Oregon Chickadee Ruby-crowned Kinglet Calif. Creeper W. Meadowlark Oregon Junco Golden-crowned Kinglet Wood Duck Seattle Wren Lutescent Warbler Red-twing Blackbird English Sparrow Brewer Blackbird TOWHEE March 6, 1943 Mc Fadden 12-miles Swamp 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cloudy and windy Bush Tit Golden-crowned Kinglet Western Meadowlark Varied Thrush Sparrow Hawk Wilson Snipe Western Robin China Pheasant Killdeer Audubon Warbler Brewer Blackbird Song Sparrow English S parrot Valley Quail Flicker Junco Greenwing Teal Common Canada Goose Oregon Towhee Mallard Western Crow Northwestern Redwing Pintail - many males Baldpates -- 36 of them and females Burrowing Owl -- Found perched on same spot along the highway two different times at 6 hrs difference. American Pipit Coots Blue Herons -- 5 or 6 of them that perched in the ash trees Short-eared Owl -- Flew from fence row on road from hiway to swamp. Flapping flight Shoveler -- One male with a flock of mallards. Ruddy Duck -- 4 of them, 2 males and 2 females. Fly low and rapidly and once when frightened they dove directly into the water. American Bittern -- One this trip -- the first seen this year. Violet-green Swallow -- Large flock of them mixed in with several Tree Swallows seen for the first time this year. They were dipping into the water. Virginia Rail -- Flushed from reeds at edge of road between the bridges. Winter Wren Tule Wren -- Two of these seen today Western Red-tail Hawk -- perched in the top of an ash tree near the swamp Oregon Chickadee Slender-billed Nuthatch* Ruby-crowned Kinglet Seattle Wren Gairdner Woodpecker Marsh Hawk -- swooped over a flock of mallards and pintails and then alit on a log floating in the water and just sat there for about 10 minutes. Raven Western Evening Grosbeak --flock of about 40 of them Long-tailed Jay Golden-crowned Kinglet Red-breasted Sapsucker -- working a white fir tree trunk Sharp-shinned Hawk -- the one that has been hanging near Monroe St. all winter. total 50 species. * -- The nuthatch gave a "Chat-like" call on Mar ch 5 and 6 for the first time this year. It is evidently the spring song or something. Last spring I tried to learn it on South Cemetery Hill. It has the tonal qualities of the Chat.