May 17, 1944 - Mtn. Home Reservoir, continued: Black-billed Magpies and nests: Nest 1: The 6 young are about to fly. I took one as a pet for Joan. Nest 2: The 8 young are about a week behind the development of those in Nest 1. Nest A: 6 young, no feathers, just a few quills. Nest B: 0 - still torn up. Nest C: 7 young, about a week behind nest 1, same as nest 2. Nest D: 2 eggs and 1 young, Skin beginning to blacken 2½-5" long. Nest E: 5 young - skin is black-red Nest F: 7 eggs, seemed light tan base color with sparse spotting; much cleaner looking than most sets. White-rumped Shrike nest has 4 eggs in it. They are a buffy gray with small brown-ish blotches, denser at the larger end of the egg. Egg is "roundly-pointed". 3/4" x ½-5/8" is size. Arrangement: The nest is lined with fine feathers, wool, and grass, now. May 18, 1944 - Mtn. Home 2 p.m. Obs by Joan. Hawk stayed on nest till I was right at the nest. She dived on my head and circled over me calling and scolding. Eggs still not hatched - she stayed in the air scolding till I left the territory. Short-eared owls nest has only two eggs. Owl stayed on till I was within two feet of the nest. May 19, 1944 - Mtn. Home 9 a.m. Obs by Joan. Hawk's nest still with six eggs. hawk reacted same as on the 18th. Owls nest now has three eggs. Owl stayed close by. Saw a crow and 2 blackbirds chasing a raven. May 18, 1944 - Hines, Oregon, south of Burns 3 p.m. Saw male Yellowheaded Blackbird in the rushes along the edge of the mill pond. Mtn. Bluebirds, and Lazuli between Millican and Bend. May 20, 1944 - Camas, Washington, 3-7 p.m. Black-headed Grosbeak Violet-green Swallow Western Tanager Russet-backed Thrush (found last year nest at 6 feet in Hazel) Yellow Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler MacGillivray Warbler Audubon Warbler Towhee Band-tailed Pigeons (7) Blue Heron - saw several making their way to the Columbia river from Lacamas lake. They went out over at different times, but seemed to follow the same line of flight. Rufous Hummingbirds. One pair have nest in an Indian Peach bush about 4' above the ground. It is within 2 feet of a woodland roadway up a hill behind Palmer's. Nest is 2" across and 2" deep. The cavity is 1¼ inches in diameter and about 1" deep. It is cotton lined. The outside is covered by moss and lichens. It contained 2 white eggs on May 9, and they hatched on May 17, according to Peggy. May 22, 1944 - Woodburn, Oregon. Risty Nendel's backyard. Long-tailed Jay has a nest in a holly hedge. It is 8½' from the ground, near the top of the hedge. It is of heavy twigs, smaller toward the inside, and with the fine rootlets and grasses just under the horsehair lining. The nest cavity is 5" in diameter and 2½ to 3" deep. Contained 4 young. They are feathered slightly on the back, wings, head, few on chest etc. Primaries ½" to 3/4" long. Scapular areas bare. Body feathers generally gray colored. Body about 1½" wide, 2½" long. Bill over ½" and is pinkish. Head to bill 1¼" long. Eyes are open.