November 21, 1940 (F.D.R.'s Thanksgiving) 36 Pudding River. Weather Clear and Cold. 50°F. 8:30 to 10:30 A.M. Flicker Harris Woodpecker **Ruby-crown Kinglet Rusty Song Sparrow Stellar Jay ***Bush Tit Oregon Chickadee Varied Thrush California Creeper *Golden-crown Kinglet Killdeer Red-breast Nuthatch Junco Crow Yellow-breast Sapsucker Slender-bill Nuthatch Towhee Blackbirds chasing a Sharp-shinned Hawk Seattle Wren Sparrow Hawk Winter Wren Meadowlark Chestnut-back Chickadee * Many of these birds roving through the branches of the coniferous trees this morning. ** These were ranging through the lower bushes and trees with the ***Bush Tits. These bush tits had black bills like the ones that I saw in such large numbers in Oak Creek Canyon in Corvallis but they were definitely a much lighter gray color on top. The ones I saw in Oak Creek Canyon were a blue or lead gray color in comparison to those I saw at Pudding River. They were flitting through the Hazel brush and inspecting every twig and branch on each bush. They hung Chickadee fashion from the branches many times. All the time uttering a high pitched squeek. November 24, 1940 37 On highway between Monmouth and Corvallis. I had my first close-up view of a Red-tail Hawk. It was sitting in a 20 foot high tree in a fence row within 50 feet of the highway. We slowed down and stopped to look at it. The underside, as it faced us was a white or gray color flecked with brown. This area was bordered by rather a red-brown or golden-brown color. I could see the red bar on the tail and the darker brown upper parts. November 25, 1940 38 Today, as I walked between classes here at school I noticed a prevelance of Chestnut-bac ked Chickadees. I had not seen them so close to civilization before today. Also Golden-crown Kinglets.