Woodburn, Oregon March 16, 1943 Cludy and cold Winter Wren Pileated Woodpecker Violet-green Swallow Varied Thrush Song Sparrow Seattle Wren Flicker Robin Ruby-crowned Kinglet Red-breasted Nuthatch Junco Oregon Chickadee Push Tit Coast Jay Slender-billed Nuthatch Valley Quail Oregon Towhee Sparrow Hawk Western Red-tailed Hawk California Creeper nest under the bark of an old 3' high fir stump, above the ground. 216 March 18, 1943 Woodburn, Oregon First mourning doves seen in a long time. 217 March 20-21, 1943 Camas and Washougal, Washington Clear and warm Brewer Blackbird Varied Thrush Flicker Junco Seattle Wren Oregon Towhee Coast Jay Pintail American Merganser M & F Western Bluebird Holboels Grebe -- On the Washougal River just above the dam. Tow of them and they were very scared. They seem to be there the year 'round as I've seen them there. Cormorants -- At upper end of N. Lacamas Lake. One pair of them. They take off like coots from the water. Solid black or purple black color --- Farallons. Green-winged Teal Red-breasted Merganser Male Ruby-crowned Kinglet Robin Song Sparrow Oregon Chickadee Turkey Vulture Violet-green Swallow Slender-billed Nuthatch Wood Ducks (La Camas Lake) Audubon Warbler W. Red-tailed Hawk Coot Great Blue Heron Horned Lark Crow Western Gull Mallards Fox Sparrow (Palmer's) 218 March 23, 1943 Woodburn - Horseshoe Lake, Oregon Cloudy, but warm 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Robin Violet-green Swallow Junco Varied Thrush Tree Swallow Flicker Brewer Blackbird Oregon Towhee Lutescent Warbler Ring-necked Pheasant Wood Ducks -- One or two pairs and 1 large flock of males. Rufous Hummingbird -- Male doing "love dive". He climbed up about 50', nosed over and dove straight down to the female perched on a shrub. At the bottom of the dive, the sound of the wings checking the fall was great for such a little bird, and he gave certain call notes not heard at any other time. Slender-billed Nuthatch Great Blue Heron -- 3 alive and 1 dead, results of having leg caught in crotch of a tree and hangingby it until dead. Vesper Sparrow English Sparrow Mourning Dove Crow Ring-necked Duck Redwing Blackbird Baldpate M followed thru the brush in my rowboat. Green-winged Teal -2 Seattle Wren Lesser Scaups (6) Coot Raven W. Bluebirds Mallards Golden-crowned Sparrow Oregon Chickadee American Pipits (40) Turkey Vulture Killdeer Meadowlark 219