October 10, 1944 - Mtn. Home. There are lots of Audubon Warblers in the tree around town. Also the first American Pipits arrived at the air base last Friday, Oct. 6. Oct. 13, 1944 - Mtn. Home to Reservoir - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. SEL2 Joan and I. Black-billed Magpie W. Meadowlark Flicker American Raven Robin Brewer Blackbird Sharp-shinned Hawk American Pipits, flocks of them. Horned Lark flock pair of Red-breasted Nuthatches. Mtn. Bluebirds, 5 or 6 of them. Saw-whet Owl - In one of the quince trees in the deserted ranch yard of the canyon. The quince still had their foliage, while the other trees were losing theirs. On Sept. 19 the owl was in the Honey Locust, as those leaves were still quite dense. At any rate, the little fellow didn't so much as bother to move, when we found him. He just looked at us, with those big eyes with the bright yellow iris. We stood within two feet of him, and Joan could have caught it very easily, if she had so desired. He showed no fear of us. (He ? was perched on a horizontal limb of the quince, clutching the hind half of a rodent that he had been feeding on. It was completely eaten to within one inch of the hind legs. The tail was about 2½ inches long, light below and dark above. Body fur was grayish, with a reddish tinge on the back (Microtus ?) But back to the owl. We spent fully a half hour watching him, and he had no fear, just curiosity. Occasionally he would slide that nictitating membrane across his eye, or blink them shut, revealing the heavily grayish furred eyelids. It was 7-8" long and the tail seemed quite short, altho the large head seemed slightly out of proportion. The wings, head, and body were a soft chocolate brown, flecked with white and gray. A few larger light patches on the wings. The under parts were gray-ish-white, with broad, reddish-brown stripes on the chest and belly. The feet were fuzzed right down to the black toenails. (fuzzed white and yellowish-brown). The bill was black. A prominent white V is over and between the eyes, sort of like eyebrows; Quite a bit of white on the forehead. The face was brownish-gray. Oct. 17, 1944 - Hagerman Valley, along Snake R., Idaho. Joan and I - last trip before leaving for overseas. W. Meadowlark White-crown Sparrow Pintail Coots (100-200) W. Red-tail Hawk Raven Marsh Hawk Flicker Brewer Blackbird Robin Pied-bill Grebe -can sink with- Baldpates Nevada Redwing Mallard Black-bill Magpie out diving. Western Grebe Pheasant Ruddy Duck Calif-Gull Rock Doves Farallon Cormorant Eared Grebe Green-wing Teal Oct. 20, 1944 - 8 a.m. Snowville, Utah - Magpies and Ravens. Tremonton Utah - Magpies, Flickers, Western Red-tailed Hawk Brewer Blackbird. November 3, 1944 - Santa Ana River, Arlington California. 2 miles north of Camp Anza Western Kingfisher California Creeper 1730-1830 PWT W. Meadowlark Long-tailed Chat E. Sparrow Hawk Screech Owl Horned Owl Egrets - A flight of 12-14, and they seemed much smaller than the blue heron, but I could see no colors because of the time of the evening. All I saw was their silhouette against the fading light in the west. I did notice that their neck was crooked: November 5, 1944 - Lake Elsinore, California - 3 p.m. Green-winged Teal Pied-bill Grebes Snowy Egrets