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May 18th at Swamp, continued:
Yellow Warblers here and there
Audubon Warbler - just one seen
Pileolated Warbler - one singing
Pacific Yellowthroats seemed to be everywhere, but they were comparatively quiet.
Meadowlark singing
Yellow-headed Blackbird - heard call several times, but didn't check up on it till later, at which time we could not find it.
Redwing everywhere - found many nest with eggs, most in Spirea, some in Sedge.
2 nest with 4 eggs each were not over 8 feet apart. One nest empty last Saturday (May 15th) had 4 eggs this p.m. One new nest being constructed in sedge so close to a last-year's nest that the sides of the two nests were touching.
Brewer Blackbirds - a few
Western Tanager - in ash clumps
Lazuli Bunting - had look at beautiful male in small ash tree
Purple Finches singing here and there - some were immatures.
Com on Goldfinch - one male seen.
Oregon Towhee - a couple seen
Chipping Sparrows - a couple
Song Sparrows singing
49 species - 59 species total for day.