June 21, 1948, 12-mile Swamp, 0700-1400, 30 Ovc to 80 Ø SW 3-12, warm With Gordon W. Gullion and Ben Pruitt Blue Heron - saw about 8 of them today Green Heron - just 2 flying over Mallards - hens - about 5 of them, no young seen. Hooded Merganser - female or immature on south pond. Wood Ducks - 2 females seen, no males. Turkey Vultures - many over the area all the time, perhaps 25 seen. Sharp-shinned Hawk - one Cooper Hawk - hovering at 1 foot over center waters of marsh, heavily barred tail Red-tailed Hawk- just one seen. Sparrow Hawk-- hovering over field. Bobwhite - 2 calling at 2 p.m. in field by the swamp. Valley Quail heard calling Pheasant calling Virginia Rail - found 2 pairs and a single adult, also "peepers" with one pair, and the single adult. Coots - none Killdeer - a few flying around, and calling. Band-tailed Pigeon - 3 flew over Mourning Doves - several pairs seen - nest found under construction last week completed now, but no eggs in it. Found nest #3 just west of Cat- tail clump on dead branches of Spirea at 1' over water, opening to the SE as on nest containing young that I found last week. This new nest had 2 eggs. Nighthawks - 3 or 4 flying over area during the day, few calls. Vaux Swift - 2 or more pairs observed at north end, flying around together, calling Rufous Hummingbird - a few seen. Little Flycatcher - common in the area - we must have seen a dozen or 15 birds. Horned Larks - singing from field. Violet-green Swallows - quite a few Tree Swallows - adults and many immatures, too. Rough-winged Swallows - saw 4 or 5 of them at south end. Barn Swallows - several pairs in area, and feeding over water. Nest contained 4 very small, freshly hatched young, and one egg. Too small to band. Cliff Swallows common feeding low over the water. Crows - a few in area Bush-tits - a few in brush along Muddy Creek at north end. Tule Wrens singing everywhere - must have been over 50 of them. Robin - a few Russet-backed Thrush - many singing from brush areas. Cedar Waxwings - 15 or 20 seen in area. Cassin Vireo - calling in ash areas. Lutescent Warbler - in ash areas. Yellow Warblers - common in swamp and ash areas. Yellow-throat - very common in the swamp area. Perhaps 75 to 100 present. W. Meadowlarks singing Redwings - many new nests, 8 or 10 with new sets of eggs, a few with young still in nest, others just hatched. Most new nests are in leaved out ash and spirea. In a clump of cattails there are 5 nests, 4 con- taining 3, 3, 4, and 3 eggs and 1 with 3 young birds in it, all at about 3½ feet in height, and within a circle of 12 foot diameter. Brewer Blackbird - a few Willow Goldfinches common over the swamp area. Vesper Sparrow heard singing Oregon Towhee - a couple Song Sparrows common - caught one fledgling and banded it.