June 13, 1946 - - Berry Forest Camp, on Santiam R., below Detroit - ll a.m. Eldon and I came upon a female Blue Grouse and flushed 6 young. Perhaps there were more, but we couldn't find them. The young were not over 6" long, but flew well, and fast, for 50 feet or so at a time. June 13, 1946 - - Breitenbush Forest Camp, Breitenbush River 7 p.m. I caught a glimpse of a female Harlequin duck flying upstream. Sometime later, one, probably the same one, flew up the stream and set its wings opposite me, barely lit, and dove below the surface. It soon came up, and shook water a little. Then it dove under and didn't come up till it had swam about 50' across the current. It's almost unbelievable, for the water was very swift and strong in its course, and the stream is strewn with huge boulders. A little later the bird appeared on a rock 50 feet below me and proceeded to preen itself for a few minutes. The male was not seen. Also saw and heard a Nighthawk between rain showers. Fog layer on the river this evening. Heavy rain all p.m. June 14, 1946 Humbug Forest Camp area. 930 a.m. Had an obliging Townsend Solitaire alight on a snag a few feet from the road and we took its picture. June 14, 1946 - Niagara, between Gates and Detroit, N.Santiam R., about noon. Dipper busy feeding young birds; the young could fly well, but continually cried for food. Watched a pair of Oregon Chickadees taking food to a nest of young ones in a hole, in an alder tree at 15 feet, opening NE. Bank Swallows had a nest in a crevice of a man-made rock dike wall, just above the Santiam R., the nest was round and quite flat, because of the limited space. Grass stems were the main nest material. 5 newly hatched young were in the nest. June 24, 1946 Finney & Eagan Lake, west of Brooks, Rain showers all day. Saw Western Tanagers, and young Chestnut-backed Chickadees so unsuspecting that I approached within a foot or so of them. At Wheatland Ferry, I saw Hairy Woodpecker, Long-tailed Chat, Little Flycatcher (and a nest not available to me); One adult MacGillivray Warbler was carrying a bright green Caterpillar about 1/2" long to its nest, near the river bank. June 26, 1946, Confluence of Butte Creek and Pudding River. Two Band-tailed Pigeons June 29, 1946, Pudding River, Woodburn, Oregon: 1 to 6 p.m. Long-tailed Chat W. Crow Lazuli Bunting Pacific Nighthawk Bandtailed Pigeon Pacific Yellowthroat Black-headed Grosbeak W. Tanager Bush Tits in flocks (probably Russet-backed Thrush Bullock Oriole youngones). Yellow Warbler Valley Quail Stewart's Lake, NE Corvallis, July 1, 1946, Two Green Herons were present, so I suspect they have a nest in the area. Mallards were there, two pair of them. Also there were two pair of Wood Ducks, and one pair had 9 young, that can't fly yet, but they get up and run well on the water. Saw one male Bullock's Oriole, too. Violet-green Swallows were continually "hawking" low over the lake area for insects.