March 7, 1944 - Pendleton, Oregon: Mallard, W. Crow, W. Meadowlark, Blk-bill Magpie Boiling Point, Ore. Dusky Horned Larks (4) in the snow on these open hills. Meacham, Oregon - Black-headed Jay subsp. LaGrande-HotLake, Oregon - Marsh Hawk, W. Crow, Mallard, Black-billed Magpies, Northern Bald Eagle - Heavy bill. Head and shoulders mostly white, some brown. He was on the ground in a pasture that had some brush. Maybe it had a jack rabbit or other form of rodent. North Powder, Ore. - Black-billed Magpies, Mallard, and Western Crow. Durkee, Oregon - Black-billed Magpies, W. Crow, China Pheasants. Huntington Ore to Weiser Idaho. American Goldeneyes(same as on Col. R. at Wallula Wash.) Mallard Lesser Canada Goose Green-winged Teal Redhead (?) Coot Bufflehead Baldpate Marsh Hawk Say's Phoebe (?) Brewer Blackbird Nevada Redwing Weiser - Payette, Idaho - Nevada Redwing Black-bill Magpie American Pipits Western Meadowlark Green-winged Teal Wilson Snipe Valley Quail Western Crow Near Plymouth to Caldwell, Idaho. China Pheasant M & F Jack Rabbit Western Red-tailed Hawk Marsh Hawk March 14, 1944 - Butte Creek, near Payzants (clear and warm) l-5 p.m. Douglas Squirrel Ruby crowned Kinglet Junco Violet-green Swallow Fox Sparrow Mallards Mourning Dove Winter Wren Baldpates Killdeer Robin Oregon Towhee Purple Finch Meadowlark Flicker Coast Jay Eng. Sparrow Wood Duck M & F Fairy Shrimps Backswimmer Water Boatmen Phantom Larvae Copepod Tree Frog, with eggs just laid. Ostracod Red Spider Mite Triturus & young in jelly mass Red Salamander (tail constrictions) - found under bark in leaf mold in the forest near Payzants. Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus - 2 1/2 feet long. spotted sides, very limp and weak. T. a. tetratenuia (Cpa) Another garter snake taken sunning itself on open ground near a berry bush. The ground nearby was still frozen. Has one yellow dorsal stripe. No lateral lines, stripes, or spots. Head brown, ventral surface mottled slate. Body brownish-black Rusty under throat. Length 15". Two yellow dots between the parietals. Iris is brown. Blunt nose. Preoculars-l super-1 bials 7R & 7L; post-labials are longer. Ventrals 157, scale rows: 18 - 17-18 - 15. Caudals-60. Dorsal scale rows 1/2-1-1/2 wide March 15, 1944 - Abiqua Creek, Oregon l0 a.m. - 230 p.m. Meadowlark NW Redwing Junco Coast Jay Brewer Blackbird Western Robin Audubon Warbler Flicker China Pheasant Varied Thrush Song Sparrow Violet-green Swallow Winter Wren Western Bluebird Oregon Towhee Kingfisher Dipper NW Red-brestd. Sapskr. Killdeer Wilson Snipe Sparrow Hawk W. Red-tail Hawk Skunk cabbage is up and out. Trillium, Mourning Cloak, Water Boatman, Triturus. March 15, 1944 - Milk Ranch, Abiqua Creek 4 male and 3 female Wood Ducks on pond up there. male and female Hooded Merganser swam in plain view of us for 5 minutes or so. The female had reddish head; male plumage is brilliant. Saw a Coast Jay, too.