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May 29, 1947, S. Spur, MacDonald Forest, 1130 a.m. to 4 p.m. 2000 OVC, Warm, still.
Vulture - a couple circled over now and then.
Blue Grouse - hooting now and then
Mountain Quail - one was heard more or less continuously for the most of the p.m.
Flicker - heard one
Pileated Woodpecker - heard one
Olive-sided Flycatcher - heard a couple.
Stellar Jay - quite a few seen and heard, giving many different calls. One pair courting.
One flew over, high, giving a sort of "croak". Another did an outside loop.
Raven - two diff. heard. One flew over, and circled high on set wings before gliding off.
Brown Creeper - saw one pair working a D. Fir and oak
Robin - saw a few
Golden-crowned Kinglets - a small flock of 7 seen in fir area.
Meadowlark - singing
Western Tanager - heard the "pittock" call all day.
Evening Grosbeaks - a few flying here and there and calling.
Pine Siskin - flock of 15 or 20 working the fir tree tops.
Towhee
Junco
Song Sparrow
May 31, 1947, Milk Ranch, Abiqua Creek, 430 to 530 p.m. Clouds and FW -
Blue Grouse hooting
Mountain Quail - flushed one pair from the edge of the road', and they flew 10 feet.
Band-tailed Pigeons - flushed 4 or 5 from a fir clump on open south slope.
Mourning Dove - heard some in the snag-burn area.
Vaux Swift - saw 7 of them on the wing
Rufous Hummingbird - one female seen.
Flicker - heard and saw several.
Pileated Woodpecker - as I came to the nesting snag, the female entered the nest,
and stayed in when she saw I was parked nearby. She remained in for over 15
minutes, at which time I became tired of waiting, and moved on.
Red-breasted Sapsucker - has nest at 18 feet on SE side of 6" D. Fir snag #4 on the
exposed South slope about 120 feet from the Pileated Woodpecker nest.
Little Flycatcher - saw a couple of them.
Olive-backed Flycatcher - one perched atop a tall live D. Fir.
Violet-green Swallows flying low over pasture. Young bird perched on snag at edge
of the pasture, preening its feathers. It didn't fly while I was there.
Slender-billed Nuthatch - heard a couple.
Robin - a few seen.
Russet-backed Thrush - heard a few, and saw one at edge of road.
Western Bluebirds - still going to and from nest hole described previously. No young
seen in the area yet - still in the nest, I guess.
Cassin Vireos - a few heard.
Townsend Warbler - saw one working thru a clump of small fir and alders by the edge
of the creek that drains the pond. Had a swell view of it. Sang while I watched.
Pacific Yellowthroat - only a couple were heard.
Western Tanager - heard one.
Towhee - a few seen and heard
Junco - a few heard and seen.
White-crowned Sparrows - two perched on snag over a briar patch.
Song Sparrow - a few singing, and others seen.
May 31, 1947, Abiqua Creek, 2 miles below Abiqua Camp, near Hande's cabin.
Rufous Hummingbird Kingfisher - just one Chestnut-backed Chickadees.
Mountain Chickadees - just two seen working alder along the edge of the creek.
Winter Wrens singing here and there.
Russet-backed Thrush - called with me for several minutes - very shy today.
Song Sparrows heard and seen.