Field notes, v667
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English Sparrows Nevada Redwings Western Tanager - 2 or 3 Black-headed Grosbeaks - very common, and if not the most abundant bird in the valley, at least tied with stellar jays and robins. Singing heard all day long, everywhere in the valley, and many males, and a few females observed on the ground, beside the roads, and trails. House Finches Pine Siskins Common Goldfinches Thurber's Oregon Juncos May 13, 1950, Chinquapin-Glacier Point, 3:30-4:30 p.m. 7200-8,000' elev. Cooper Hawk White-throated Swifts - pair chasing each other overhead at Glacier Point, and giving call notes - 1st time I've heard them. Hodoc Hairy Woodpecker - pair in Jeffrey Pine in front of hotel. White-headed Woodpecker - 2 or 3 around hotel. Violet-green Swallows - 3 or 4 going in and out of crevices at the point (7200') Blue-fronted Stellar Jays - several around. Clarke Nutcracker - just one seen perched in a red fir. Short-tailed Mountain Chickadees Slender-billed Nuthatch - pair working Jeffrey Pine trunks. Thurber's Oregon Juncos