9 May, 1946. Peoria Ferry Road , 2 miles south of Owl Creek. Found another Mourning Dove nest in ash tree, at about 10feet. Was over water, but is over land since water receded. On east side of tree, so does not get p.m. sun, directly. Same as nest on Brook Lane, except this is on a horizontal limb, rather than in a tree. There were two eggs in it. 10 May, 1946 - Corvallis, 23rd and Harrison, 1030 p.m. Clear and warm, ½ moon out bright. In the brush near by was a Long-tailed Chat giving forth with at least 4 or 5 different types of call notes. It has been over 4 years since I last heard this vocal chorus, but it came to me, the second that I heard the first notes. It is marvelous, the variety of notes they can give. So far as I could tell, there was only one present at the time. 12 May, 1946 - Corvallis, 23rd and Harrison, 9 a.m. I rode up here on my bike and sat still for a while listening to them call, and before long I could see two Long-tailed Chats at the same time. One was perched in the top of a small tree, and the other was hopping around in the brush, near the ground. 14 May, 1946. Corvallis, 17th and Harrison, 0730 a.m. Saw the first Lazuli Buntings of the year. There were 4 of them feeding on dandelion seeds. Very colorful birds. Cedar Waxwings on the campus feeding on Pyracantha. The Evening Grosbeaks are in huge flocks, feeding on the ground lawns of the campus. Perhaps the winds of last night blew the elm seeds out on the lawns from the trees. Up to now they have been feeding in the elm trees, themselves. 16 May, 1946. Corvallis, Lower Campus 4 p.m. Saw 3 Vaux's Swifts flying low over the lawn this p.m. Checked the L-t Chat at 930 p.m., but no sound of them. 17 May, 1946, Corvallis, Campus, checked the L-t Chat this p.m., but no sound or sight of them was gained, the pair may have moved on. The flocks of Evening Grosbeaks seem to have been greatly reduced in numbers the past day or so, and there shouldn't be any left around at all in a very few more days. I caught two young robins and banded them this noon, by the Fish and Game Bldg., with assistance from B. Smith. 17 May, 1946, Alsea Fish Hatchery, N. Fork of Alsea River. 2 - 4 p.m. Saw signs of workings of the Red-breasted Sapsucker. Spotted an adult Varied Thrush carrying food in its bill. Followed it into the woods from the fish hatchery pools and found a nest in a small cedar at about 5 feet, on the northeast side of the tree. The nest contained 4 young, perhaps 4 days out of the egg. 18 May, 1946 - Lewisberg to McDonald Forest Saddle and south along ridge.630 a.m-8:45 a.m House Finch Mourning Dove Many Wood Pewees Several Western Tanagers - first of the year. Olive-sided Flycatchers - first of the year. You could hear their call everywhere. Pileated Woodpecker - saw two and heard others. Harris Woodpecker - a few Bush Tit Rufous Hummingbird Evening Grosbeaks Black Headed Grosbeak - first of the year - singing from tops of small trees. Pileolated Warbler- first of the year. Lutescent Warbler - first of the year. MacGillvray Warbler - first of the year. Yellow Warbler - Sooty Grouse Band-tailed Pigeon Black-throatedGray Warbler - first of the year. Many other, but more uninteresting species were seen. 18 May, 1946 - South Santiam Hiway - Cascadia to Tombstone Prairie - 1 to 6 p.m. Only birds of interest were Blank swallows along the river, and then a little higher up we saw and heard quite a few Ravens, seemingly in scattered pairs.