November 21, 1940 (F.D.R.'s Thanksgiving) Pudding River. Weather Clear and Cold. 50°F. 8:30 to 10:30 A.M. Flicker Rusty Song Sparrow Oregon Chickadee *Golden-crown Kinglet Junco Slender-bill Nuthatch Sharp-shinned Hawk Winter Wren Harris Woodpecker Stellar Jay Varied Thrush Killdeer Crow Towhee Seattle Wren Meadowlark **Ruby-crown Kinglet ***Bush Tit California Creeper Red-breast Nuthatch Yellow-breast Sapsucker Blackbirds chasing a Sparrow Hawk 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 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 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.