February 28, 1947, 12-mile Swamp, 9-10 a.m. Clear and cool. Frost last night. Blue Heron - feeding in mid-swamp. Lesser Canada Geese - still plenty around the swamp. Mallards - around 200-300 pairs seen over all the swamp this a.m. Gadwalls - just one pair of them was flushed. Baldpates - a pair seen, and a little later, another 8 or 10 were seen. Pintail - several flocks, mostly paired up, about 200 altogether. Green-winged Teal - not very many were seen. Shovellers - many pairs on the swamp. Males brilliant. (about 250-300 birds). Killdeer - many seen in flooded fields, etc. Still in large flocks. Western Sandpipers - a single with Killdeer, and a flock of 15-20 seen in another part of the field. Violet-green Swallows - plentiful over the swamp. Tree Swallows - a few were seen. Tule Wren - heard one or two, but did not see// any. Pipits - a few flew over. Redwings - males and females bath scattered here and there over the swamp, calling. February 28, 1947, Monroe - Fern Ridge Dam, 10 - 11 a.m. Clear and cool. Flickers common. Long-tailed Jay - a few singles, and in one place 7 were flushed together. Crows - singles and small flocks over the countryside. Bush Tits - a single one seen at the edge of the road in the brush. W. Bluebirds - on fences and wire lines all along the way. Savannah Sparrows - a pair were seen. Golden-crowned Sparrows in fence row in mixed flock with White-crowned Sparrows Song Sparrows. February 28, 1947, Fern Ridge Dams, Lane County. 11 - 3:30 p.m. Clear and cool Blue Herons - we saw at least 15 or 20 different ones around the reservoir. Lesser Canada Geese - a r aft of 3-500 in the water off the west shore. Did not fly. Mallards - quite a few were seen, in small scattered flocks. Baldpates - perhaps several flocks added up to 150-200 birds. W. Red-tail Hawks - a few seen Bald Eagle - perched in top of dead tree, on a point at the south end of the reservoir. While we watched a solitary Raven approached it, and flew at it, as if to chase it away, but the Eagle just sat there, and soon, the rave, which had lit next to it, flew away. The eagle was a male in clean dark brown and white plumage. Marsh Hawk - a single female flew low over a raft of baldpates and mallards, but they showed no alarm, and it made no pass at them. Sparrow Hawks - saw quite a few beautiful individuals today. Gulls, possibly California (from one identified by McALLister). 15-20 present. Killdeer - common Wilson Snipe - just one flushed from a marshy area. Least Sandpiper - a flock of 20-25 "gyrated" past us, and lit 1/4 mile away; and we approached within 10-15 feet of these little birds while they fed. Tree Swallows - giving call notes. Ravens - a few were seen, and we watched one attach a Bald Eagle perched in the top of a dead tree. Tule Wren - a pair found in a sedge-meadow almost 1/2 mile from water. Towhees Juncos.