Field notes, v666
Page 505
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9 June 21, 1949, Mary's Peak, Benton Co. 3-5 p.m. heavy fog, drizzle. Sooty Grouse - several singles, also 1 strutting male with 2 females on road. It flew with throat sacs still distended. Also a few half-grown seen. Calif. Creepers White-crowned Sparrows singing and common June 11, 1949, 12-mile Swamp, Bruce Station, Benton Co. Oregon. 315-320 p.m. Vulture Red-tailed Hawk Pheasants Killdeer Black Tern - 1 coursing over north end. Came within 40 or 50 feet of us. A full-spring-plumaged adult. Mourning Dove Horned Lark Violet-green Swallow Tree Swallow Barn Swallow - nest on shed porch, within 4 feet of previous nest sites. Cartridge box gone from wall. This nest built close under the roof in angle between west porch wall and rafter. At 7½' height. Nest lined with red and white chicken feathers. It contained 5 eggs. Adults not about. Cliff Swallow Northwestern Redwing Western Crow Brewer Blackbird Oregon Chickadee Lazuli Bunting Tule Wren Calif. Purple Finch Robin Oregon Spotted Towhee Cedar Waxwing Vesper Sparrow Yellow Warbler Chipping Sparrow Pacific Yellowthroat Rusty Song Sparrow Yellow-breasted Chat W. Meadowlark June 11, 1949, Fern Ridge Reservoir, Lane Co. 4 p.m. Near dam: Vulture NW Redwing Blackbird Violet-green Swallow Brewer Blackbird Barn Swallow Common Goldfinch W. Meadowlark AT South End on old Elmira Road: 430 p.m. Bittern pumping Killdeer Wilson Snipe Horned Larks Robins