July 5, 1943 -- Mc Chord Field Wash 0325 PWT Pacific Nighthawks calling frequently, but evidently still on the ground. Temp. 50.4°F at ground level. July 10, 1943 -- Clover Creek, McChord Field Wash -- Spotted Sandpiper along the edge of the creek. July 10, 1943 -- Tacoma Wash. Saw Purple Martin fly into a hole in the metal cornice on a 2 story garage building at foot of 12th St. July 15, 1943. McChord - 1 a.m. PWT Pacific Nighthawk Calling. July 25, 1943 -- Washougal River -- 6 miles up 3 p.m. Saw 6 young Red-breasted Mergansers along the edge of the stream. They couldn't fly. August 1, 1943 -- 4 to 8 p.m. McChord Field to Spanaway Lake, Wash. Junco Robin Western Crow Ruby-crowned Kinglet Olive-sided Flycatcher estern Tanager Barn Swallow Oregon Chickadee Slender-billed Nuthatch Pied-billed Grebe Western Gull Coast Jay Mallard Purple Finch Calif. Creeper Little Flycatcher Oregon Towhee Band-tailed Pigeon Pacific Nighthawk. Found a Violet-green Swallow nest in a newspaper mail box. The next was at the back of the box. The 4 young were about half-grown. I was attracted to them by their calling or chipping for food. The mail box was about 3 feet off the pavement along the hiway. August 2, 1943 Point Defiance, Tacoma Wash. Robin Junco Rasset-backed Thrush and2young Bush Tit White-crowned Sparrow Black-headed Grosbeak English Sparrow Song Sparrow Little Flycatcher Olive-sided Flycatcher Redbreasted Nuthatdh Slender-billed Nuthatch Violet-green Swallow Band-tailed Pigeon Cassin Vireo Oregon Towhee August 21, 1943 1100 PWT WecomaBeach 8 pintails flying south along the beach but out over the breakers. They were in formation. August 22, 1943 Wren Tits at Fogarty Creek, Lincoln Co, call half-like Chickadee "mourning cry". Newport, Oregon -- Coast Jay, Kingfisher, Blue Heron Band-tailed Pigeon, Ruddy Turnstone. Eddyville -- Western Red-tailed Hawk.