September 10, 1947, Big Lake, Linn Co., 4650', 1330-1400, 1545-1800, Clear & windy. Barrow Golden-eyes - saw about 5 different birds. Goshawk flew in over the lake at 40 feet affording a good view of it. Cooper Hawk Red-tailed Hawk circling over the lake, and pine forests. Flicker - several seen in pine, feeding on the ground, etc. Oregon Jays- one adults and 3 immature birds seen. Stellar Jays - here and there, some silent, and others scolding. Oregon Chickadees - a few mixed in with a troupe of Chestnut-backed Chickadees working scrub pines. Red-breasted Nuthatches - several seen. Hermit Warblers - 2 seen, and others heard Juncos h re and there, fairly common. September 10, 1947, Sand Mountain, Linn Co., 5460', 1430-1530, clear and windy. A lava rock and sand crater butte, nearly barren atop with Dwarf Juniper, White-barked Pine, Noble Fir, Manzanita, Ceanothus, etc. Pigeon Hawk flew in over us as we flushed a couple of pipits, and both birds headed off the mountain into the 25& east wind, and climbed higher and higher, just hanging there, the pipit some 15 feet above the Hawk. Varied Thrush in forest on NW and N slopes Pipits on the wind-swept top ridge of the mountain. Juncos - adults and all-brown youngs September 11, 1947, Big Lake, 630 a.m. (45° air; 54° water, 20-25 east) to 1000. Horned Grebe, in winter plumage, or an immature obliged us by swimming and diving in 5-15 feet of water just offshore from our camp. It spent more time on the diving than it did on top of the water. Flickers calling here and there, early Jays - 4 immature birds seen Stellar Jays flying silently thru the trees, but some occasionally scolding. Mountain Chickadees in flock of 15 to 20 with Red-breasted Nuthatches, which were in brilliant plumage with Audubon Warblers. Robins - 2 or 3 seen Audubon Warblers in with the Chickadees and Nuthatches Yellow Warbler - just 2 were seen, and it was a surprise, indeed. Vesper Sparrows in meadows at edge of lake. At 9 a.m. I observed one bathing in the breakers at the edge of the lake, where it stuoed in 1-2 inches of water. Chipping Sparrow - flushed from a dry meadow area into some pine trees Song Sparrow in the spirea by the lake edge. One called. September 11, 1947, Patjen Lake, 1030-1230 noon. Clear and windy. Rough-legged Hawks (Ferruginous ??)2circling high over 5300' butte N of the lakes. Flickers here and there in the pine, and on the ground. Harris Woodpecker - one seen. Arctic 3-toed Woodpecker - one orange-crowned and black-backed one seen on tall pine snag in semi-ppen pasture area. Oregon Jay adults in thicker forest. Mountain Chickadees working thru the pine Red-breasted Nuthatches - several seen, and could be heard calling here and there. Robin Pipits - 6 of them were on the "mud flats" at the edge of he water. Savannah Sparrows flushed from the grassland meadows Juncos here and there in pairs, etc.