Field notes, v665
Page 511
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May 16, 1947, Corvallis to Lebanon - 0820-0850. Cloudy, and cool Green Heron Valley Quail - 2 pair Pheasants - 2 males Killdeer Mourning Doves - 3 pair Flicker Horned Larks Violet-green Swallows Tree Swallows Long Tailed Jay Oregon Chickadee Seattle Wren Robin Cassin Vireo Lutescent Warbler Yellow Warbler Meadowlark Redwing Blackbird Brewer Blackbird Vesper Sparrows. May 16, 1947, Trout Creek, S. Santiam Pass, 10 a.m. Violet-green Swallow May 16, 1947, Snow Creek, S. Santiam Pass, 1015 a.m. Stellar Jay Olive-sided Flycatcher May 16, 1947, Tombstone Prairie, noon to 2 p.m. clear and warm to cool. Gairdner Woodpecker - 1 Harris Woodpecker - a pair courting on the side of a Sitka Spruce snag in the woods. Stellar Jay Slender-billed Nuthatch California Creeper Robin Pine Siskin, Willow Goldfinches Red Crossbills Juncos - a pair in the spruce and fir. Dead one on the ground in bog area contained several Blue-bottle Flies (Calaphora) and a very large and pretty Carrion Beetle (Silphidae - Silpha) with red-orange spots on an black background. May 16, 1947, Lost Lake, S. Santiam Pass Hiway, 238 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Mallards - 3 pdir were seen on the lake now, and also 4 at 630 p.m. Barrow's Golden-eyes - 2 pair were seen in the center of the lake, and they swam for a while, as we approached, and then 2 dived, and 2 ran for a take-off. Spotted Sandpiper - just one seen at 630 p.m. Violet-green Swallows over the lake in the evening. Robin - in the evening Ruby-crowned Kinglet flew into the White Pine at 3 p.m. May 16, 1947, Santiam Pass, Hoodoo Lodge - 330 p.m. Raven - 1 Red-breasted Nuthatches - a small flock of them. May 16, 1947, Indian Ford - Metolius R. area. Robin - a few Mountain Bluebirds - just 3 seen in the yellow-pine and juniper.