Field notes, v668
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October 13, 1965, Tulsa-Keystone Reserv. and Sand Springs, Tulsa Co. Okla. noon-2 p.m. Warm, breezy, with Lansing Parker and Carl Baker of Okla Game Comm. Red-tailed Hawk, Blue Jays, Mockingbirds, House Sparrows and Starlings. October 15, 1965, Harrisburg, Cumberland Co.-Williamsport, Lycoming Co. Pa. along U.S.15. Ovc. with heavy rain at times. Pied-billed Grebe Turkey Vultures common Blue Jays - 12's Horned or Eared Grebe Osprey - 1 Crows Common Egrets Pheasants - 5 Robins Mallards Hairy Woodpecker Starlings Pintails Downy Woodpecker House Sparrows Common Grackles October 16, 1965, Watkins Glen, Schuyler Co. New York, 1-2 p.m. Ovc. cool, windy. Blue Jay - Crows - Black-capped Chickadees Red-breasted Nuthatch Slate-color Junco s Oct. 16, 1965, Lodi, Seneca Co.-Ithaca, Tompkins Co. N.Y. 2:30-3 p.m. Brkn, cool, windy. Sparrow Hawk - 1 Blue Jays Cedar Waxwings Mourning Doves Crows Starlings Horned Larks Eastern Bluebirds Meadowlarks October 17, 1965, Hawk Mountain, Skuylkill Co. Penna. 10a.m.-2 p.m. EDST. Clear, warm. Red-tailed Hawks Catbird Ruffed Grouse - 1 Robin Downy Woodpecker Ruby-crowned Kinglets arrived this week Blue Jays Starlings Crows Cardinals Black-cap Chickadees Evening Grosbeaks - 2 flocks Tufted Titmouse Pine Siskins - arrived 10/16 White-breasted Nuthatch White-crown Sparrows - 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch Song Sparrows (no Juncos) October 18, 1965, New Brunswick, Boy Scout Hqs. New Jersey. 3:30-4:45 p.m.EDST. Canada Goose - 15 Tufted Titmouse with Pettit & E.L. Palmer Bobwhite White-breasted Nuthatch C. Redwings Herring Gulls Mockingbirds C. Grackles Downy Woodpeckers Robin Rufous-sided Towhee Blue Jays Starlings Slate-color Juncos C. Crows House Sparrow White-throated Sparrows October 24, 1965, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co. Virginia. 1130-1:30p.m. EDST. Turkey Vultures common Blue Jays Common Grackles Sparrow Hawk - 1 C. Crows Rufous-sided Towhees Bobwhite - 1 Starlings - large flocks Slate-colored Juncos Red-bellied Woodpecker October 25, 1965, Big Meadows, Shenandoah N.P. Page Co. Virginia. Cold, clear ovc. Turkey Vultures Blue Jays Carolina Chickadees Slate-color Juncos Cooper Hawk Ravens - sev. pairs White-breasted Nuthatch Red-shouldered Hawk C. Crows Red-breasted Nuthatch Nov. 13, 1965, Upper Lake Accotink, Fairfax Co.Virginia. 2-4:30EEST.GaleMonson,Dave Marshall Blue Heron - 1 Common Crow Robin - 2 Wood Duck - 17 Fish Crows Starlings Killdeer - 1 Blue Jays C. Grackles Ring-billed Gull - 1 Carolina Chickadee Rusty Blackbird - 2 Mourning Dove - 1 Tufted Titmouse Cardinals - 5M-lgrape vine Belted Kingfisher - 2 White-breasted Nuthatch Common Goldfinch Yellow-shafted Flicker Brown Creeper Slate-colored Junco - 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker Carolina Wren White-throated Sparrow Downy Woodpecker Mockingbirds Song Sparrow. E of Ravenwood Road, off US495, Virginia. 450-525 p.m.EST. Clear and cold Perhaps 3-4,000,000 to roost, mostly from W and SW, some lines from NW and S Common Grackles and Starlings mainly, but also cowbirds and ? redwings.