March 22, 1943 Woodburn, Oregon Hummingbird on Daphnia in our yard -- a male. Mourning doves common. Varied thrush still here. March 19, 1943 -- Mollala River along Pacific Hiway. A Harlequin duck in the river just above the hwy bridge. April 6, 1943 Fort Lewis Reception Center (Hill just north) 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Weather Clear. Rufous hummingbird Flicker Turkey Vulture Violet-green Swallow Brewer Blackbird Fox Sparrow Seattle Wren singing Junco Gairdner Woodpecker Western Crow W. Meadowlark Coast Jay- 1 pr. Valley Quail Killdeer Oregon Towhee. English Sparrow (darker than Willamete Val. forms -- may be from coal smoke in area) April 10, 1943 -- Puget Sound, Steilacoom to Tacoma 100's Ringnecks Coot Farallon Cormorant Eared Grebe Ring-billed Gull Bonaparte Gull White-wing Scoter Bufflehead. Great Blue Heron April 11, 1943 -- Camas Washington Rufous Hummingbird, several love dives Amer. Merganser F catching 5" trout in Flicker Violet -green Swallow the Washougal River Robin Dipper Song Sparrow Kingfisher Purple Finch Oregon Towhee Junco Cassin's Vireo Turkey Vulture April 13, 1943 -- Fort Lewis Wash. 7:30 p.m. Mountain Quail April 14, 1943, Fort Lewis, Wash. Red-breasted Nuthatch April 28, 1943 -- Ft. Lewis Reception Center 9 a.m. Rainy and windy. A pair of homed larks. Back of head neck and back rusty brown. Upper tail blackish and white outer tail feathers. They were mating on the ground.