April 13, 1947, Woodburn, Home, all day, clear and warm, and calm. Killdeer flew over Mourning Doves heard nearby Brewster's Screech Owl - present outside during the night. Rufous Hummingbird Flicker Violet-green Swallows - dozens circling over the yard all day, some searching for nesting sites in our screened ventilators. Long-tailed Jays - in our cypress Oregon Chickadees Slender-billed Nuthatch Seattle Wren - in the shrubbery Robins - seen carrying nesting materials into Colorado Blue Spruce. Ruby-crowned Kinglets - in birch across the street. Lutescent Warblers - a couple about 9 this a.m. En lish Sparrows - W. Meadowlarks - heard Evening Grosbeaks in Fir and Birch this a.m. Purple Finch - several heard singing. Pine Siskins - working birch across the street Willow Goldfinch - adults and immatures Oregon Towhee - pair in the laurel hedge. Oregon Junco Chipping Sparrows - back in the English Walnut in our back yard, as always. Seem to be chosing Cypress for nesting site???? Puget Sound Sparrow Song Sparrows. April 15, 1947, Corvallis, OSC Campus - Brook Lane and Mary's River, 0700-0815 PST. Shovellers - flushed a pair from the river. They circled over twice before leaving. Valley Quail - 9 pair, all paired up were in the oaks sunning and preening this a.m. beseide the road, and others were just sunning. I watched for 5 minutes, and finally they discontinued their activities and left.- Females first. Pheasants - heard a couple crowing this a.m. Horned Owls - flushed 2 from a big, old oak beside the river, and they flew into fir. Rufous Hummingbird - heard 1, and saw 3. Flicker Lewis Woodpecker - one flew into the top of an oak, and then left again immediately. Gairdner Woodpecker - just one, in ash. Violet-green Swallows in great abundance everywhere, more so around habitations. W. Crow - heard one, and later saw 2 fly over. Oregon Chickadee - a few in the brush. Slender-billed Nuthatch - several pair in a mixed fir-oak woods. Many immatures. Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4 in a small clump of young fir trees. Robins - in abundance everywhere. Ruby-crowned Kinglets - in bmsh, scolding and singing. Golden-crowned Kinglets - working fir timber. Cassin Vireo - saw and heard quite a few (7 or 8) this a.m. Audubon Warblers - more or less paired up, but feeding in oak and fir in large flocks Lutescent Warbler - heard at least 30 different ones this a.m. They were everywhere Pacific Yellowthroat - calling from most brush areas. Watched 2 chase each other, and then perch side by side on a wire line. English Sparrow - around buildings. Meadowlark - heard a couple Brewer Blackbirds - paired up, but apparently not attempting nesting yet. Evening Grosbeaks - small flocks of 15 to 30 all over the country this a.m. Calling Purple Finches - quite common, for their song could be heard everywhere. Willow Goldfinches - the elms on the campus are full of them, singing and feeding, both matures and immatures Towhee Chipping Sparrows most brush areas -- Juncos - a few Puget Sound Sparrows - 2 different pairs seen. Song Sparrows.