Clear Lake, December 24, 1946 1-2:30 pm. Clear + calm. cool. 3 Red-breasted Sapsuckers in ash tree within 20 feet of each other. 45 Bronzites in same area over flood water 7 Crows flew out 11 Song Sparrows working beetling up ash over water in area 20' x 30'. 35-40 Killdees in Hopyard near the lake. Brewer blackbirds flocking here & there 20-25 Bluebirds quite common on hopvines in field. 100's of Juncos along all the fence rows. Lake east of Goose Lake - 2:30 - 4:30 pm. White grouse tame in tree - got within 20' & it would fly. Red-breasted Sapsucker 7 Flickers Sharp-shin Hawk Cooper Hawk 15-20 Rock Ptarmigan Hermits Thrush Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden crowned Kinglet Townsend's Sparrow Hawk - good care, for it opens its wings & tail each time I looked at it. Laraine: - 4:30 - 5:30 pm. Cooper Hawk 30-40 Mourning Doves in stubble field. 100's of Robins in an old pasture Dec. 29, 1946 - Woodburn City Park - 1 & m. Heavy frost Temp 30°F Varied thrush, Robin, Juncos, Killdeer + 7 or 8 feeding together in the woods, on the ground. Jan 2, 1947 - Corvallis - Stewart Lake, 3:30 p.m. O V 12 - 38° Found a flock of 35-40 Meadowlarkes from a stubble field beside the road & they all lit together in the next field. On the pond, ice was ½ thick & 3 M+ 1 g Mallards were on open water, swam to the ice, crawled up on it + waddled everywhere. Jan 4, 1947 - 11 a.m., Near Wells Creek 5W of Philomath a single brightly colored Mt. Quail seen at the edge of the road, in the gravel - grit? Jan 4, 1947 - 11-2 p.m. - Mary's Peak, Benton Co. Clear + warm on top. Visibility unlimited + excellent could see from Mt. Rainier in Wash. to MT. McLaughlin in S. Oregon. One Townsend's Solitaire 1000' below the summit in the D. air. Many flocks of 10-20 Evening Grosbeaks flew over the summit above Timberline from the Noble fir on one side to the other (E-W + W-E). Cello given in the air. One flock of Red Crossbills in the Hemlock + Noble fir. Jan 8, 1947 - Poultry Billy 2pm Drnn. W. Bluebirds + Robins in Elms outside