May 17, 1947, Marion, Oregon, Miller's Butte Area - 1030 a.m. to 530 p.m. Wood Ducks - flushed a pair from an irrigation ditch near the butte. Vulture - several circling over the area. Sharp-shinned Hawk - saw one carrying a Vaux Swift, and being chased by 3 others. Valley Quail - just one pair heard, and later seen Pheasant - crowing from a field at the base of the butte. Mourning Doves - 2 pair seen Vaux Swift - 3 chasing a Sharp-shinned Hawk which was carrying one Vaux Swift. Flicker - saw 2 or 3 in the area. Western Kingbird - saw this bird perched in the dead top of an oak in the center of a yellow-pine clump. Had sufficient opportunity to observe it from all angles, and there is no question about it. Several times it left its perch to take an insect, but I never heard a call note. Little Flycatcher - a few in the area. W. Wood Pewee - saw just 2 of them. Olive-sided Flycatcher - one perched atop a tall fir, near the top of the butte. Violet-green Swallow - scattered everywhere, but usually in pairs. Bank Swallow - saw a pair of them - the first of the year for me! They have a nest burrow at about 30 feet, on the wall of the quarry exposed SW. While I was near the entrance, the birds hovered close to me, but I could find nothing in it, for it was too dark, and too deep to reach the end. Cliff Swallows - a few seen, and I observed one female perched on a wire line, with the male trying to mount, but they weren't too successful. Each time he approached, she spread her wings a little bit. Bush Tit - a single bird was seen, and because of the dense poison oak, I did not look for the mate, the nest, or anything. Red-breasted Nuthatch - in the oak - fir area atop the ridge. California Creeper - in the same area as the Nuthatch. Robin - a few, all feeding young already, out of the nest. Russet-backed Thrush - one heard Western Bluebird - a good many were seen, many in beautiful plumage. Golden-crowned Kinglet - in fir area on the NE slope of the ridge Shrike - one flushed from scrub oak on the SE side of the butte, by the quarry. Cassin's Vireon - heard a couple. Lutescent Warbler - heard several. Yellow Warblers - common in the area. Black-throated Gray Warbler - saw just 2 males, and possible one female today. Pacific Yellow-throat - heard just one male calling. Long-tailed Chat - found two pair located on a NW slope, old pasture heavily invaded by Poison Oak, and a few small oak, too. The nest of one pair was located at 21/2 feet, in the center of a dense clump of Poison Oak, and I didn't bother at all. The males of both pairs were perched atop bushes or small oaks, calling, and they weren't over 100 feet apart. Meadowlarks - heard several Redwing Blackbirds - a few heard Brewer Blackbirds - one nesting in isolated scrub oak in fence row by the RR tracks. Nest at 3 feet above the ground, well shaded. Western Tanager - heard and saw two different males near the top of the hill, in the fir area. Lazuli Bunting - several seen, and many more heard singing. Calif. Purple Finch - saw a couple, and one male singing from a fir. Green-backed Goldfinch - saw quite a few, mostly split into pairs now. Oregon Towhee - common Chipping Sparrow - many pairs in the area, in scrub oak, yellow pine, and pasture. Many nesting now, one nest at 3 feet in Rosa nutkana clump, another in Rosa rubiginosa, and one in snowberry, on NE slope. Young were 3,4, & 4. Junco - a couple of pair is all I saw. Song Sparrow common