Field notes, v665
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May 2, 1947, 521 Hayes Street Woodburn, 6 p.m. I watched an adult female Song carrying food into our Port Orford Cedar, and upon investigating I found a nest containing three quite small young [illegible] at a height of 6 feet. This tree was a very dense clump, well sheltered from rain and wind, and sun. I banded them #'s L-42256,57, and 58. They didn't seem to have their eyes open yet. Feather tracts on wings and mid-back about 1/2-way back. Pin feathers coming out. Feathers blue-black. The skin was brownish. On May 3rd I saw the adult carry fecal sacks away. May 3, 1947 Pudding River, Woodburn, Oregon - 930 a.m. to 2 p.m. Clear and warm Wood Ducks - a pair preening on a log in the middle of the willow pond near the river. Vulture - several soaring low over the center of a large grain field. Sparrow Hawk - one on a wire line Valley Quail - flushed one pair from the edge of a gravel road. Pheasants- crowing occasionally here and there. Killdeer - a few heard and seen. Pretty well paired up now. Band-tailed Pigeons - flushed 32 from the top of some firs in the woods Mourning Doves - a few scattered singles on wire lines. The mates probably on nests. Dusky Horned Owl - flushed one from a clump of cedars at 11 a.m. Rufous Hummingbird - a few seen, and quite a few more heard. No nests found. Belted Kingfisher - one flew up the river, calling. Flicker - a few seen Lewis's Woodpecker - one seen flying out from an old oak at the edge of the fir. Red-breasted Sapsucker - one male lit on the side of a cedar trunk and a Pine Squirrel scolded it loudly and then tried to chase it away. Cairdner's Woodpecker - using the nesting hole described several weeks ago. Little Flycatcher - 2 or 3 seen in the woods, around clearings, feeding occasionally. W. Wood Pewee - one heard, and another seen later in the same vicinity. Olive-sided Flycatcher - calling and feeding from a tall old D. Fir near the river. Violet-green Swallow - common Tree Swallows - just 3 were seen Bard Swallows - around Joe Aichers place Cliff Swallows - quite common over forests and fields and along the fiver. Horned Lark - a few seen flying from one field to another by the river. Coast Jay - a couple scolding from the fir woods Long-tailed Jay - in brushland pasture by the river. Crow - a couple flew over, and I heard others in the distance. Oregon Chickadees - a pair in a hazel clump, one singing clearly Slender-billed Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch California Creeper Dipper - one flew from the edge of the river, and what it was doing here I don't know for this Pudding R is not their type of stream, and it is about 9 miles to the nearest water likening to its typical habitat. W. Winter Wren - singing from the deep cedar and fir woods Seattle Wren - singing in the brushland-pasture area. Robin - singing from perches up to 60 feet above ground. W. Bluebird - a couple seen in a fence row by a field Cassin Vireo - calling here and there Lutescent Warblers - common and singing everywhere Yellow Warbler - a few were heard and seen. I believe these are the 1st since April. Audubon Warblers - a couple were seen Black-throated Gray Warblers - two heard singing and one seen MacGillivray's Warbler - 4 were seen in the brushland-pasture area. Pacific Yellow-throat - singing and giving warning notes everywhere. Many seen. English Sparrow - near Joe Aichers farm buildings W. Meadowlarks - singing everywhere. Redwing - in marshy field not far from the river. Brewer Blackbirds - common, and paired Western Tanager - one pair seen, and heard calling in the fir woods. Evening Grosbeak- one. Purple Finches here and there House Finch - one M seen Pine Siskins - 3 in cedar tree. Willow Goldfinches common Green-backed Goldfinch - [illegible] Towhee - Savannah Sparrows - Vesper Sparrows - Juncos (3) - Chipping Sparrows common Song Sparrows