October 27, 1940 Jack's Bridge Foggin' and Clearin' Rather Chillin' Virgil Lamb and I. 7:30 to 11:00 Blackbird Flicker Stellar Jay Valley Quail Golden-crown Kinglet English Sparrow Robin White-crown Sparrow Seattle Wren Meadowlark Kingfisher Varied Thrush Red-tailed Hawk Junco Bob White Quail Killdeer Crow Mourning Dove Goldfinch (G-B.) Chickadee (Oregon) Song Sparrow Towhee Winter Wren Red-breast Nuthatch Western Bluebird Red Head Sapsucker Purple Finch. Sparrow Hawk We saw swarms and swarms of Blackbirds along the fields as we were coming back to Woodburn. Oh yes, I forgot to say that the fog was so thick when we went out in the morning I didn't dare go over 25 miles an hour because I couldn't see. We saw several varied Thrush. This is the first time that Virgil has seen them. One of the big surprises of the day to me was to see a White-Crown Sparrow setting on the top of a fence post. There were 4 of them altogether. On the way back we stopped off at the Housewart Nursery and got to see the first Purple Finch of the Season. Also heard a Meadowlark giving a call that certainly was not the Meadowlark call that everyone is accustomed to. There was a small gray bird in the nursery that we did not get to identify. It flashed a fan of white tail feathers when it flitted from one bush to another. We must have seen more than a dozen Sparrow Hawks this morning. There seemed to be one on every post along the road. Saw quite a few Bluebirds. There has been a lack of them this summer but they are here now. A whole swarm of Killdeer flew across in front of us and lit in a plain dirt field and then they were lost from our sight. NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE November 9, 1940 Woodburn, Oregon, Foggy and cold. In my own yard in the afternoon. My famous X-Bird as I have been calling it is nothing more that a VARIED THRUSH ! After all this time I should find out what it is right in my own yard is really astonishing.