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September, 13, 1947, Coffin Butte, west of Camp Adair, Benton Co. 0815-1000,
North side.
Red-tailed Hawks
Stellar Jays
Oregon Chickadees
Chestnut-backed Chickadees
Creepers
South side
Wood Duck - female on lower quarry pool
Vultures circling over
Sharp-shinned Hawk sailing low, and diving on mice now and then
Sparrow Hawk on wire line near road. Red-tailed Hawk.
Bob Whites- flushed one covey of 11 birds from gravel road
Pheasants here and there, mostly young birds
Band-tailed Pigeons - 2 flushed from oak tree near top of butte.
Mourning Doves - few scattered here and there.
Vaux Swifts - several with swallows over water, and others high over butte top.
Flicker - a couple seen, and others calling
Violet-green Swallows - 50-75 dipping into water in mixed-up fashion. Time and again
Tree Swallows - 4 seen/
majorly immatures.
Barn Swallows - 25-40 with others over water.
Cliff Swallows - only 4 birds were seen.
Long-tailed Jay in thickets, and scolding now and then.
Ravens - 3 were circling and having "duels" with Red-tailed Hawk now and then.
Oregon Chickadees in oaks and bushes
Slender-billed Nuthatches - 2 birds seen.
Tule Wren - at east end of low quarry, in tule or cattail area
Robin
Audubon Warblers - a few working thru the oaks
Pacific Yellowthroats - in willow thickets in cattail area of quarry
Meadowlarks - on grassy slopes. Some singing.
Redwing - flushed one from cattail area of quarry
Willow Goldfinch - in small flocks here and there, most in molting process.
Vesper Sparrows - flushed now and then, perhaps 10 altogether.
Junco
Song Sparrows
September 13, 1947, Helmick State Park, Luckiamute R., Polk Co. 1015-1100, Clear &
warm.
Redtail Hawk in top of L. Fir tree
Vaux Swifts - 15-20 over tree tops near river
Flicker
Violet-green Swallows
Stellar Jay - 5 birds seen. Two were calling, and carrying fresh Hazelnuts at
the same time.
Chestnut-backed Chickadees
Slender-billed Nuthatches
Seattle Wren
Robin
Cassin Vireo calling in big-leaf maple tree
Audubon Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler in maple tree and alders, too.
Slong Sparrow
September 15, 1947, Woodburn, Black-throated Gray Warbler at home, 3 p.m.
Sept. 15, 1947, Welches Golf Course, Mtn. Hood, Clackamas Co. 1130-5 p.m.
Killdeer - 3 seen
Stellar Jays - flying about the timber, and calling now and then.
Ravens - 2 flew over
Hutton Vireo - calling from maple tree at edge of L. Fir woods
Pacific Yellowthroat - calling from thicket next to small lake
Meadowlark on the fairway
Chipping Sparrows - on the fairways, and flew into trees when flushed.