February 8, 1948, Corvallis to 12-mile Swamp, 0850-0910, 32-33°F, 10 Ovc 4, SW 8-10. Mallards - 24 Pintails - 5 Killdeer - 20 Flicker - 4 W. Crows - 3 Slender-billed Nuthatch - 1 Robin - 4 Audubon Warbler - 9 Oregon Towhee - 1 AND RETURN, 1600-1620 70 Ovc, 6 Sctd, RW- SW 5-10. Lesser Canada Geese - 600 in 2 flocks near hiway Mallards - 125@150 Baldpates - 25-50 Pintails - 125-150 Sparrow Hawk - 2 Pheasants - 6 Killdeer - 5 Flicker - 2 W. Crow - 1 Robins - 2 W. Bluebirds - 20 Audubon Warbler - 5 W. Meadowlarks - 4 Blackbirds, Brewer - 40 Oregon Towhee - 2 February 11, 1948, Poison Oak Lake, Linn Co. 3 mi east of Corvallis. Clear and 55°-60°F. N - 5-7 1350-1420 Below freezing this a.m., and still ice on some small sheltered ponds. Mallards Baldpates Lesser Scaups - 3M & 2 F Valley Quail - about 25-30 of them. Pheasants - 4 M and 1 F Killdeer Flicker Long-tailed Jays - 15-20 present Oregon Towhee - about 20 pair/acre ! White-crowned Sparrows - adults and immatures - about 25 of them. Song Sparrows singing clearly. Oregon Chickadees Slender-billed Nuthatch Winter Wren Robin Varied Thrush feeding on ground in rose-poison Bluebirds flew over oak pasture area. Ruby-crowned Kinglets working fir and brush Audubon Warbler W. Meadowlarks, Juncos, Feb. 11, 1948, Stewart Lake, Benton Co. 1440-1500. Clear N-8-12 Lesser Scaup - 1 male Buffleheads - 3 males in beautiful plumage, and 3 females, 2/3 of which were last years. Flushed them 3 times, but they just flew to other end each time ! Pheasants Killdeer - 25 Wilson Snipe - 4 Flicker Robin, Meadowlark, Song Sparrow Feb. 11, 1948, Dixon Creek and Oak Creek valleys, Corvallis, 1500-1700. Cooper Hawk - perched in top of old oak tree. Mountain Quail - covey of 6 flushed in poison-oak-young D. Fir area. Pheasants here and there Wilson Snipe - just one from marshy area. Flickers a few - and also about 20 in one flight into oak highside. Long-tailed Jays - acouple. Oregon Chickadees Robin Bluebirds flew over Pipits - Brewer Blackbirds - Oregon Towhee, and Oregon Junco - Song Sparrow. W. Crow - I found the gathering place for these birds on Squaw creek, just west of the College farms, and east of Baldy Mtn. They were in the tops of cottonwoods and also many more on the ground, feeding, etc. About 1600, one bunch of 600 or so were flushed and later resettled in the area. All the time more crows were beginning to come in. About 1630 they started taking off in groups, with stragglers inbetween, climbing steadily, spiralling, and working due NW against a strong N wind at that level (about 3000'). By 1700, the first birds could barely be seen with my field glasses, as they were approx. 5 mi. NW, there being a nearly con- tinuous line from that point to the starting point. Perhaps 3-4000 birds total