Long Tom River, 3 mi. north of Monroe, Oregon ------- T Feb. 24, 1949 - 14:30 to 16:00 - T.H. McAllister 68°, clear, calm day. Bobbie and I spent all our time stalking the diving ducks from behind a screen of brush in hopes of getting some kodachrome pictures. While she diverted their attention, I crawled up on them from downstream, and a few minutes later the current had carried them to me and I was ready with my camera in a good screen of brush. The birds soon noticed me and were far more curious than alarmed by the whole proceeding. A white handkerchief waved in the air on a stick attracted them in very close. The Canvasbacks and Ring-necks were the easiest to attract, but the Scaups remained well out on the river. Pied-billed Grebe - 1 with the diving ducks Ring-necked Duck - the largest number I have seen -- 32 birds in all, but not in a compact flock. Some were mixed in with the Cans. Scaups, lesser - 40 birds. The lighting was perfect, and at this close range every one of the males showed a distinctly glossy purple head. Canvasbacks - 60 birds. Some of the birds frequently gave calls that could be described only as shrill growl or like the barking of a tiny pup. Some of the males giving the head throw. Males outnumbered fem. 2 to 1. White-crowned Sparrow - a bird singing in the brush of the river bank whose song was that of a white-crown, but certainly not our local summer bird. Probably a Gambel's Sparrow. These birds were at the same spot they were noted on Jan. 1 of this month during the freeze up. Apparently they are wintering here, although there are more now than before. No dabbling ducks left on the river.