June 29, 1948, 12-mile Swamp, 1730-1830 PST, up to 90° F this p.m., strong wind from the west this evening. Clear and warm. Blue Heron Virginia Rail Violet-green Swallow Mallard Killdeer Tree Swallow Wood Duck F Mourning Dove Barn Swallow - 1 young fell from nest to floor. Sparrow Hawk Flicker Dead - banded other 3 - primaries not Bobwhite Little Flycatcher open, but almost 1" long, feathering now. Pheasant Horned Lark singing Cliff Swallows common Crows - 2 Yellow Warbler- 1 Tule Wrens singing everywhere Pacific Yellowthroats everywhere Robin Redwings common - all nests empty Russet-backed Thrush Brewer Blackbirds NW Goldfinches common Cedar Waxwings Iazuli Bunting Song Sparrows July 8, 1948, 12-mile Swamp, 1230-1615 120 Brkn/ 75° F, NW 2-3 Pied-billed Grebe - one immature on pond area south of second bridge. Blue Herons - 3 feeding close to each other south of the road. Mallard - pair of adults and about 12 young not yet able to fly. Wood Duck - just one shaggy male seen Turkey Vultures - dozens seen all over this flat part of the valley, circling in small groups of 5 to 7 or so. Redtail Hawk - pair circling over Winkle butte Sparrow Hawk - a single one on wire line - list I have seen in long while. Bobwhite - several in gravel road about 50 feet from Pheasant rooster in same gravel road. Killdeer - a couple flying over the area. Gull - one on gravel bar of Willamette River southeast of Corvallis. Pink legs. Bill not ringed, but plumage was not quite full adult, anyway. Mourning Doves - several on wire lines along the road. Long-eared Owl - flushed from ash-oak area in the water on west edge of swamp. Little Flycatchers calling. Horned Lark - a couple of adults and one immature seen on fence posts. Violet-green Swallows Tree Swallows Rough-winged Swallows Barn Swallows - still 1 young on nest, but it flew as I reached for it. It climbed high into the air and circled around with the parents, without the least difficulty, as if it had been flying before. Cliff Swallows Oregon Chickadee - one calling from Hawthorne thickets Crows - 2 or 3 seen. Tule Wrens singing everywhere over the swamp area. Robin - a couple Russet-backed Thrush - singing Cedar Waxwings seem to be everywhere - on wire lines and chasing each other in ash area. Pacific Yellowthroats - many in brush areas about and in swamp. Very common. Singing. Redwings - abundant - no young or eggs found in nests. Towhees in brush Willow Goldfinches common Vesper Sparrows singing from fields Chipping Sparrows Song Sparrows. N. Cemetery Hill - 630 p.m. scotch broom area - Chats calling often. MacDonald Forest - 330-530 p. m. Bandtailed Pigeon - Rufous Hummingbird - Red-breasted Sapsucker - Olive-sided Flycatcher - Western Flycatcher - Steller Jay - Red-breasted Nuthatch - Creeper - Winter Wren - House Wren - Robin - Russet-backed Thrush - Cedar Waxwing - W. Tanager - Evening Grosbeaks