Field notes, v666
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March 14, 1948 - Bailey Hill, SW of Eugene, Lane Co - 1300-1315 Vulture Ruffed Grouse 3 or 4 Mountain Quail Robin March 14, 1948 Coburg to "Incense Cedar on N. Lane-Linn Co. Border 1430-1455 Mallards Robin Brewer Blackbirds Sparrow Hawk W. Bluebirds Willow Goldfinch Killdeer W. Meadowlarks Flicker Redwings March 14, 1948 Incense-Cedar-Yellow Pine area, Lane Co. 1455-1540, 20 Ovc RW- Tree Swallows - several Seattle Wren Fuby-crowned Kinglets Stellar Jay Varied Thrush - many Oregon Juncos Oregon Chickadees Golden-crowned Kinglets March 14, 1948 "Incense Cedar to Brownsville - 1545-1605 Marsh Hawk F W. Crows in field W. Meadowlarks singing Oregon Juncos Sparrow Hawks Robins in field Redwings in field common Flickers W. Bluebirds Brewer Blackbirds in field March 14, 1948 - Peoria, Linn Co: 1645 - 1715 Short-eared Owl - one flying over stubble field. Seemed to flap either 2 or 4 times, and them glide a very short distance. March 17, 1948, Pudding River, Woodburn, T Stms and RW 1430-1510 Mallards - a pair flushed from the river Wood Ducks - 2 pair in small pond near the river. Pheasants - crowed after blast on nearby farm. Flicker Violet-green Swallows - a few over the very river area. Tree Swallows - a couple seen Seattle Wrens - 2 in small clump of fence row brush, and stayed within 3' of me. Hermit Thrush - on snag sticking up from log jam in center of river (Seattle Wren there, also). Oregon Towhees - here and there Song Sparrows March 17, 1948, E of Gervais - 1520-1545 RW- Lesser Scaup - pair on small pond in hollow in grain field - diving now and then. Sparrow Hawks - several seen on wire lines and over grain fields. Killdeer - a couple Mourning Doves - several seen Flickers - feeding on the ground in the fields Coast Jay - a couple in river-bottom brush, near fir woods Long-tailed Jay - a pair in dense hawthorne and willow thicket W. Bluebirds - quite a few along the hiway Oregon Juncos - 100's seen. March 20, 1948 - Hoodoo Ski Area & Santiam Ski Lodge - Noon - 6 p.m. Snow - sleet - Wind W 10-35 - 30°F Gray Jays - Several around the lodge. Very tame - many scolding & call notes heard. Raven - one pair hanging around the hiway in high winds. Stellar Jay - saw just one - heard again at 8 a.m. the next morning. Mtn. Chickadees - 7 or 8 seen working clump of fir during a fall in the storm.