Field notes, v665
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26 August 1946, Poison Oak Lake, 3 miles east of Corvallis, 8 a.m. Anthony Green Heron - a young one perched for a long while on a small snag sticking out of the water. I approached within 50 feet, and while I stood there it became very nervous, shown by the flicking of the tail. Robin - watched one catch and carry a small yellow-green Tree Frog to its young. 26 August 1946 Stewart Lake, 1 1/2 miles north of Corvallis, 9 a.m. Mallards - quite a few on the lake this a.m. None in full male plumage. Violet-green Swallows- 100's of these circling over the lake, and out on the wire line by the railroad were perched another 2 or 300 of them. Adults were not as plentiful as the immatures. 31 August, 1946, Woodburn, Pudding R., to Monitor, Marion County. 3-5 p.m. Mallard Oregon Chickadee W. Red-tailed Hawk Red-breasted Nuthatch Junco Sparrow Hawk Robin Song Sparrow. Valley Quail Russet-backed Thrush Killdeer Western Bluebirds, immatures. Mourning Dove Western Meadowlark Kingfisher Brewer Blackbird Harris Woodpecker Western Tanager Violet-green Swallow Willow Goldfinch Barn Swallow Oregon Towhee Sept. 3, 1946, Woodubrn, to Portland. a pair of Lewis Woodpeckers on fence posts beside the hiway. Many Mourning Doves, paired up on the wire lines. Turkey Vultures Violet-green Swallows seen. Quite a few of them. But no real large flocks. Sept. 4, 1946. Albany Oregon. A Lesser Loon seen on the man-made lake at the north end of town at 11 a.m. Sept. 4, 1946, Corvallis, Oregon. Turkey Vulture and Violet-green Swallows. Sept. 5, 1946, Corvallis, 0300 a.m. Russet-backed Thrush, Cackling Geese, and some species of Swallows migrating southward over the town. Sept. 5, 1946, Yaquina Bay, Newport, Lincoln Co., 2 p.m. Cloudy, and windy, but warm. Lesser Loon Western Gull Red-throated Loon Herring Gull Farallon Cormorant California Murre Blue Herons common Pigeon Guillemot Black Turnstone Flicker Violet-green Swallow Snowy Plover Tree Swallow Least Sandpiper Coast Wren-Tit Sanderling English Sparrows Red-backed Sandpiper Brewer Blackbirds Pectoral Sandpiper ? Willow Goldfinch Song Sparrows Sept. 5, 1946, Depoe Bay, 3 p.m. Ring-billed Gull Kingfisher Brewer Blackbird