February 18, 1947, 12-mile Swamp, Bruce, 1600-1730. // Cirrus, N 7-8. Blue Heron - flushed along with all the geese and ducks. Lesser Canada Geese - we flushed one single flock at the north end of the swamp. This was a thriller for there must have been at least 3000 to 5500 in the swamp, and then they circled and most of them came back over us at low altitude. We flushed them again after they landed in the next field north of the swamp. For the first time I had a really good chance to see how geese lose altitude when they come in to land. They roll over on one side until their extended wings are vertical, and they slip downward some 20-30 feet, before rolling their wings back horizontal, but they don't stop there if they plan on descending further, but continue to roll on over to the opposite side until the wings are again vertical. Mallards - pretty well paired up, and the first to take flight as we approachh. There were between 200 and 250 of them today. Pintails - flushed a flock of equal M & F of about 150-200 of them. Green-winged Teal - not over 50 or so were seen this afternoon. Shovellers - Equal M & F, and from 50 - 100 were seen. Sparrow Hawk - perched in its usual place on the wire line beside the rail tracks. Coots - I didn't see over 30 or 40 of them altogether, but they seem to be scattered out over the swamp now, rather than in large flocks as before. Wilson Snipe - about a dozen were flushed along the flooded east side. Tule Wren - only a couple were heard scolding. NW Redwings - as we left they were beginning to flock up in the tops of small ash trees around the swamps. About equal M & F. Savannah ??? Sparrows - we flushed two from the flooded area at the east side of the swamp, smaller than Song Sparrows, but we couldn't tell further. No white in the tail. Song Sparrows flushed from about the same spot as the ?Savannahs. February 20, 1947 Corvallis-Oak Creek along Railroad Tracks - Ed Holmberg - noon to 2 p.m. Sharp-shinned Hawk W. Redtail Hawk - 2 seen. Sparrow Hawk - 2 or 3 seen. Ring-neck Pheasant cocks feeding in fields Great Horned Owl ??? *- flushed from D. Fir in Oak strip SE of Baldy. Not sure Flickers - common Horned Larks - several small flocks flew over. Long-tailed Jays - in the oak belt - common. W. Crows - a flock of 100-150 were assembled in an orchard south of the tracks. Oregon Chickadees - singing here and there. Seattle Wren - singing and scolding now and then. Robins - several flocks of 40 to 50 seen along the way. W. Bluebirds - small flocks of 5 to 15 seen and heard. Pipits - one flock of 7 in a field near the road. Audubon Warblers - in pairs or small flocks everywhere in the trees and brush. English Sparrows - not too far from a farmyard. Meadowlarks to be seen and heard scattered everywhere. NW Redwings Brewer Blackbirds - flock of 30 or so in tree tops by farmstead. Towhee / Junco Song Sparrow singing February 20, 1947, 12-mile Swamp, Bruce Sta., 3-4 p.m. Blue Herons - one pair and one single flew over L. Canada Geese - flocks at north and south end - total about 2000 birds. Mallards - perhaps 150-200 M & F over the swamp area Pintails - just a few pair seen on the main swamp - most being at the north end. Shovellers - about 25 pair on the main swamp and most at the north end. Pheasants Coots - about 60 seen here and there. Killdeer in next field Tule Wren - scolding from the brush. not singing. NW Redwings - few at 3 p.m., but many more pair drifted in by the time we left. Song Sparrows. OVER