March 6, 1947, Sparrow Hawk - 2 or 3 seen on the wire lines, or hovering over pasture in rain Valley Quail - cover of 11 in gravel road as I approached. Pheasants - a single cock in a green grain field. Flock of 7 hens in gravel road, next to brush patch. Mourning Doves - few pair perched on wire lines in the rain. Flickers - common everywhere in trees and in fields. Long-tailed Jay - in a grove of oaks. W. Crows - a few heard and seen. Oregon Chickadees - working thru an old orchard. Slender-billed Nuthatch - an immature working an oak. Robins - singing everywhere in the rain. - also calling. W. Bluebirds - on wire lines and in hop fields everywhere. Brewer Blackbirds - common. Willow Goldfinch - flock of 20 - 30 seen, but no full plumage males yet. Towhee - singing in the rain, from a fence post. Juncos - come on. Golden-crowned Sparrows - in the fence rows along the highway. Many immatures. Song Sparrows - common. March 7, 1947 - Salem to Corvallis, 11 to 1 p.m. 60 OVC, 4 Brkn, no rain. Turkey Vulture - two pair were seen, one south of Salem, and another between Albany and Corvallis. Pied-billed Grebe - in slough off the Willamette south of Albany. Dove as we approached. March 8, 1947 - Aileen Fish Hatchery 9:30 a.m. - Raining - Townsend's Solitaire March 11, 1947, Avery Park, 12-mile Swamp, and Oak-Fir Ridge west of swamp. Noon to 5 p.m. 1500 Sctd, calm, warm. Blue Heron - flushed one from the north end of the swamp, that was in company with Lesser Canada Geese - a flock of about 150 or so that all got up together. There were also an undetermined number in the fields south of the swamp. Mallards - about 30 pair altogether were seen. The past week's rains had raised the water level a great deal, and all the ducks were in the shallow water in the nearby fields and pastures where no current flowed, as in the main swamp Green-wing Teal - a few were seen, but not over 50, I'd estimate. Shoveller - about 35 pair of them in shallow water in a pasture. Few extra males. Turkey Vulture - one circled leisurely over the oak-fir ridge west of the swamp. Marsh Hawk - a single male over fields near the swamp. Alit on the ground several times and just sat there, so far as we could tell. Sparrow Hawks - quite a few seen. Most in clean plumage, but one shaggy. Also saw one carrying what looked like a mouse, up in the oak belt, on the hill. Ruffed Grouse - flushed from thicket in small swale in the oak-fir woods. Ring-necked Pheasants - several hens and a few cocks seen. Killdeer - about 2 were seen between Corvallis and the swamp. Wilson Snipe - flushed 3 from flooded fields near the swamp. Long-eared Owl - We decided to track down the owl flushed 2 weeks ago. We located an old oak snag about 3 feet in diameter, and found an open "niche" or recess about 15' up that had fresh pieces of grass stems, fern, etc., worked into a semblance of a nest. No bird, or eggs were found. They should lay later. (Rufous Hummingbird) reported by Dave Marshall at Portland on March 8, 1947). Flicker - a few seen on the road up through the oak belt west of the swamp. Violet-green Swallow - a few about the swamp Tree Swallows - a good many (20-30) circling high above the swamp, calling, etc. Coast Jay - In the fir-oak woods as well as along oak-ash fence rows. Redtail call. Crow - a few were heard Raven - some were heard, and 5 were seen on the ground near an old barn.