June 23, 1948, 12-mile Swamp, .0720-.0725, clear and calm Blue Heron Hard - none in full M plumage Green-winged Teal - 2 full M and 1 F Cinnamon Teal - 1 M Wood Duck - with 2-grown young Killdeer - pair Flicker Horned Lark Tree Swallows shotgun shell Barn Swallows - 3 pair seen using/"box" nest Cliff Swallows 891 Blue Heron 12-mile Swamp, .0700-.0735, clear and calm - twilight Bittern "chunking" Mallards - 3 females or M in eclipse plumage Green-winged Teal - 2 M & 1 F same place as a.m. Wood Ducks - 6 of them flying over Hooded Merganser - flushed from brushy areas by Long-eared Owl Sharp-shinned Hawk - chasing Redwing Cooper Hawk flying high over swamp with the nighthawks Mourning Dove - Long-eared Owl - about .0710, and at irregular intervals, thereafter, a whistled "pweeeeee-EEEEETT" came from the dead ash across the swamp on the west side. I could whistle a good imitation of it, and it would answer immediately. I finally got it silhouetted against the sky and saw it was this species. At intervals it would bother a Blue Heron perched in the ash, also it flushed a female or immature Hooded Merganser from the ash area. Pacific Nighthawks - estimate 12-15 present, some a little larger than others. Seldom calling, and most feeding over open water areas, occasionally dipping low to scoop up water with their lower bill. Graceful and beautiful flyers. Horned Lark dusting at .0700 in gravel road. Barn Swallows - 2 or 3 pairs feeding low over the swamp, calling continuously to each other. Young in nest still too small to band. - 4 of them, and 1 egg. Tule Wrens - singing Pacific Yellowthroat - while whistling at the owl I got an answer from the bushes nearby, and so "talked" with it a while. Short, singular notes. Finally the yellowthroat started a song slightly different than any I'd heard before, and rose straight into the air about 20 feet, singing all the way, coming down and back into its bush where it was silent Redwings calling occasionally. 891 June 23, 1948, Coast Fork, Willamette R., east of Creswell, 1615-1645, calm, and warm Green Heron flew over Valley Quail Pheasant Spotted Sandpiper - the river water was high and muddy, but some gravel bar was still exposed and I found one quite light colored, grayish individual flying across the river to another gravel bar. Band-tailed Pigeons - 4 or 5 flew out of the cottonwoods toward the southwest. Mourning Loves in cottonwoods Little Flycatchers common W. Crows Robin Russet-backed Thrush singing Cedar Waxwings - a few Warbling Vireo - singing from tops of cottonwoods Yellow Warblers - very common in this area. Brewer Blackbirds flying over. 892 June 23, 1948 - Cottage Grove Purple Martin - saw 1 new railroad at .0750. → " 6 " " " 1600. - ↑ + 892