October 5, 1943 South Tacoma Swamp 69th to 54th St. Tacoma, Wash. 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Song Sparrow Northwestern Goldfinch Redwing Blackbird Brewer Blackbird Ring-necked Pheasant Killdeer Gadwall, male Tule Wren Chestnut-backed Chickadee Black Pigeon Hawk Mallards feeding on Duckweed Bush Tits Green-winged Teal feeding on Duckweed. Cedar Waxwings Robin Oregon Towhee Pintails M & F Coot Shoveler M & F 252 October 6, 1943 Tacoma Washington Wapato Lake and Park. 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Robin Northwestern Goldfinch Flicker Mallards, 40 or 50 Song Sparrow Coots, about 30 Pied-billed Grebes, about 20 of them all over the lake. Eared [illegible] Grebes, 1 pair/Oregon Chickadee Bush Tits Killdeer Coast Jay Cedar Waxwing 25 Baldpates, 10 females and 15 males in this flock 253 October 8, 1943 Tacoma Washington, South 52 to 56 at A Street 4 to 5:30 p.m. Warm, smoky, calm, and sultry. Large flocks of Bush Tits and Green-backed Goldfinches Oregon Towhee Flicker Oregon Chickadee Robins China Pheasant Seattle Wren Black Pigeon Hawk flew directly overhead about 10'&above me Varied Thrush, only one, seen in the underbrush in the woods. It sat on a dead limb in a fir tree for about 5 minutes, while I was watching a Gairdner's Woodpecker, working the bark of a dogwood tree. Song Sparrow Coast Jay 254 October 12, 1943 Ashford and up to Paradise Valley, Mt. Rainier Nat. Park, Washington Robin Flicker Red-tailed Hawk. Song Sparrows Varied Thrush Bush Tits Oregon Chickadees Gray Jays were very tame at Paradise (6000' elev.) and almost lit on my hand. Clarke Nutcrackers at Ashford -- 6 of them flew across the hiway from one fir grove to another one. 255