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August 10, 1963, Beartooth Pass in Park Co. Who and Carbon Co. Montana. 7-8 a.m.
Pipits and Ravens
Sharp-tailed Grouse W of Red Lodge Carbon Col Montana.
August 10,1963, Red Lodge, Carbon Co. to Mont/Wyo. Border just N of Frannie, Wyo.1015-1115MS
Mostly dry grass hills, some ranching and little irrigated acreage.
Red-tailed Hawk Barn Swallows Meadowlarks
Sparrow Hawk Cliff Swallows C. Grackles
Killdeer Raven *** Bobolink-Dolichonyx oryzivorus - 1 full M on fence by irrig. ditch in irrigated farm land in Montana,just N of Frannie.
Mourning Dove - many Black-billed Magpie
Eastern Kingbird Starlings Common Goldfinch
Horned Larks House Sparrow
August 10, 1963, Bald Mountain Pass, Bighorn N.F., Bighorn Co. Wyo. 9000' el.
White Fir, Douglas Fir, Spruce, much open grass. Wyo. S.Hiway#14, 12h0-110MST.
Goshawk NW of Campground 4 miles. Mountain Chickadee
Marsh Hawk E of 1½ Red-breasted Nuthatch
Olive-sided Flycatcher Pigmy Nuthatch Pine Siskins, White-crown Sparrows.
August 10, 1963, Gillette, Campbell Co. to Newcastle, Weston Co. Wyoming. 445-605MST.
77 miles, mostly open range and ranches. US 16.
Turkey Vulture - 1 Eastern Kingbird - 3 Lark Sparrows
Swainson Hawk - 1 light phase or immature Western Kingbird - 8 Lark Bunting-35-40.
Sparrow Hawk [illegible] - F Barn Swallows
Pheasants - 7 on Osage airport runway Starlings 12's
Mourning Doves - 100's & 100's Redwings
August 11, 1963, Custer Co. area, South Dakota. NEedles Hiway to Hot Springs and Mt. Rushmore. 7a.m.-2 p.m. Cool, Ovc, and rain. Much yellowpine, grassland.
Mallard Red-breast Nuthatch C. Goldfinches
Turkey Vulture Pigmy Nuthatch Lark Buntings
Sparrow Hawk House Wren ?? Towhee
Mourning Dove Robin Pine Grosbeak
Nighthawks - 100's in evening Gnatcatchers P. COeruleus Pine Siskins
***Chuck-willows Widow-Caprimulgus carolinensis**- 1 road kill. Chipping Sparrows
Red-shafted Flicker Loggerhead Shrike
Red-headed Woodpecker male Solitary Vireo
Wood Pewee Audubon Warbler
***Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus** Wilson Warbler
Violet-green Swallow W. Meadowlark
Black-billed Magpies Redwings
Crows Common Grackle
August 11, 1963, Badlands Nat. Monument, South Dakota. 4:30-6 p.m Cool.
Turkey Vulture Burrowing Owl Rock Wrens
Marsh Hawk Say's Phoebe W. Meadowlarks
Sparrow Hawk Horned Lark Redwings.
Mourning Doves Barn Swallow
August 12, 1963, Valentine, Cherry Co. to N. Platte, Lincoln Co. Nebraska. 7h5-1015CST.
Shoveller Western Kingbird Crows W.Meadowlark
Pintail Eastern Kingbird Robins in town Yellow-head Blkbd.
Blue-winged Teal Horned Lark Pipit Redwings -1000's
Turkey Vulture Barn Swallow Loggerhead Shrike C. Grackles
Marsh Hawk Blue Grosbeak - 1 M. Lark Bunting Lark Sparrows