Field notes, v666
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June 13, 1947, French Prairie, near St. Louis - ll - 1230 noon. Horned Hawks - abundant in this grassland prairie. Violet-green Swallows common Barn Swallows - Cliff S wallows NW Shrike - one perched on the top branched of a hawthorne in a fence row. Pacific Yellowthroat - Meadowlarks singing everywher e Brewer Blackbirds very abundant Lazuli Bunting - on wire lines at least every 100 yards or so. House Finches - sining here and there. Vesper Sparrows Chipping Sparrows - pairs seen abundantly Robin - June 13, 1947 - Ecola Hills, between Salmm and Amity, l - 4 p.m. Oak and briar-pagture - south hil_sides. Vulture Sharp-shinned Hawk Redtail Hawk Cliff S wallows over fielus Long-tailed Jays in oak-scrub areas. Slender-billed Nuthatches in the oak Yellowthroat -pair had a nest in a S weetbriar patch, in one bush at 20" above the ground - contained 4 eggs, well-along. OregonTowhee - pair still feeding a 3/4-grown young bird, on the ground. It flew 50'. Vesper Sparrows Chipping Sparrows Song Sparrows. June 14,1947, S. Spurn MacDonald Fores t, l to 5 p.m. Clear and fairly warm Vulture - several circling over the forest area. Cooper's Hawk - one flew over on set wings, going down-wing. Sooty Grouse - none heard hooting, but on the way out, one walked ahead of the car for 10 or 15 feet and flew-jumped up on the bank beside the road where it watched us, and then non-chalantly walked off a few feet further, just like a chicken. Valley Quail - in road on way up to the forest. Mountain Quail - saw just two of them today. Vaux Swift flew over Pileated Woodpecker - one male working an old oak snag in a fir woods. Finally flew. Western Flycatcher - saw a couple. W. Wood Pewee - heard one. Olive-sided Flycatcher - heard 3 different birds Violet-green Swallows - a few Coast Jay - several seen. W. Crows flew over. Winter Wren heard singing. Robin - a few Russet-backed Thrush - singing here and there. Cassin Vireo seen Hutton's Vireo heard just one Yellow Warbler Audubon Warbler Western Tanager - calling everywhere - watched one beautiful male for quite a while. Lazuli Bunting - male perched atop an oak, and singing lustily in open area. Willow Goldfinches here and there. Pine Siskins - a few Towhees present Oregon Juncos common, and many seemed to have nests. Puget Sound Sparrows - pair c arraying food to young in nest in Poison Oak and Hazel thicket near base of old fir stump, on top of bank beside the road - exposed.