Field notes, v666
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May 1, 1948, Corvallis - 12-mile Swamp 0850-0910 Vulture - Horned Lark - Crow - Redwings. May 1, 1948, 12-mile Swamp, Corvallis 0910-1130, cool, clear, calm Blue Heron Mallards - few Pintails - very few Green-winged Teal Shoveller - no F's Buffle-heads - 3 American Golden-eye -1 M Rufous Hummingbird Horned Larks singing Violet-green Swallows Tree Swallows - nest 18' in willow; south exposure. Barn Swallows - 1st of the year Raven Seattle Wren - nest in shed. Tule Wrens common Egg Robins Cassin Vireos Yellow Warblers - singing in willows Audubon Warbler Black-throated Gray Warb. Pacific Yellowthroats common W. Meadowlarks Redwings Purple Finches singing Savannah Sparrows Chipping Sparrows 12-mile Swamp to Fern Ridge, 1130-1230, cool, clear, calm. Cackling Geese - 50-75 heading north, very high. Sparrow Hawk Raven Oregon Chickadee. 868 with Dave M. Vulture Marsh Hawk Pheasants Sora Rail calling Virginia Rails Coots Killdeer Wilson Snipe Greater Yellowlegs - 1 torn breast. ??? "W.Snipe-like" shorebird, but steady straight flight and with a 2-syllable, non-musical note, light Least Sandpiper Mourning Dove 38 species 868 Total census from 5 a.m. to Fern Ridge 86 species 130 now since breakfast +