Field notes, v665
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4900 August 15, 1946, Wildwood Camp, Ochoco Hiway, Wheeler Co., 3300' Elev. Goshawk Redtail Hawk, young Horned Owl Vaux Swift Rufous Hummingbird Brewer Blackbird Flicker Pileated Woodpecker-young in camp. Hairy Woodpecker Natalies Sapsucker White-headed Woodpecker pair Western Tanager Stellar Jay Clarke's Nutcracker Mountain Chickadee Pygmy Nuthatch Robin Oregon Junco 426 August 15, 1946 - Wildwood Camp to Prineville 1030 a.m. Saw 6 young Redtail Hawks circling over the mountain meadow west of the summit. They were acting like Vultures. 427 August 15, 1946 - South Santiam R., Cascadia- Sweet Home 4 p.m. Saw one Anthony Green Heron feeding on low water exposed bed rock in midstream. 428 August 16, 1946 "Poison Oak" Lake, 8-9 a.m. Saw both young Green Herons I banded. They had nearly full adult plumage, with one slightly less developed than the other. Saw one adult at Owl Creek, too. 429 August 16, 1946 - Stewart Lake 9-10 a.m. Mallards, Pintails, and Shovellers present in large numbers around the lake this a.m. A few Wood Ducks too. August 19, 1946 - Corvallis, 7 p.m. A Pacific Nighthawk. On August 14, Bill Graf saw White Pelicans at Fern Ridge dam. !! 430 August 21, 1946, "Poison Oak" Lake, Linn Co., 8 a.m. Blue Heron Oregon Chickadee Green Heron White breasted Nuthatch Wood Duck House Wren Turkey Vulture Seattle Wren Pheasant Robin - feeding on Cascara berries. Mourning Dove - many young Russet-backed Thrush Pacific Nighthawk Western Bluebird Rufous Hummingbird Cedar Waxwing Flicker Lutescent Warbler Little Flycatcher Yellow Warbler Horned Lark Barn Swallow Black-throated Gray Warbler Violet-green Swallow English Sparrow Long-tailed Jay W. Meadowlark Stellar Jay Brewer Blackbird Western Tanager Black-headed Grosbeak House Finch - there must have been at least 50 young of this species in the area this a.m. They would be in groups of 4 or 5 on top of every small D. Fir. They would chase each other,or// all feed on Cascara berries together. Green-backed Goldfinch Oregon Towhee Savannah Sparrow Oregon Junco Song Sparrow 431 August 21, 1946 - Avery Park, Corvallis: Pheasant, Killdeer, Kingfisher, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Flicker, Ore. Chickadee, Slender-bill Nuthatch, Calif. Creeper (pair of them). W. Tanager, Black-headed Grosbeak-young common and feeding on maple samaras. Willow Goldfinch and young, Oregon Towhee, and Song Sparrow. 432