Field notes, v668
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June 11, 1967, Victoria-port renfrew, NW from victoria on BC #14.10:15-1:15 p.m. DST. W/ Durward I. Allen, Don Robinson. ovc-brkn, cool, sprinkles. Pelagic Cormorant NW Crows Russet-back Thrush Yellow Warbler Killdeer Ravens Townsend Solitaire Cowbirds Glaucous-wing Gull Stellar Jays GC Kinglet W. Tanager Band-tailed Pigeons on wire lines Cedar Waxwings C. Goldfinch Vaux Swifts Bush Tits Starlings Pine Siskins Rufous Hummingbirds Winter Wren Warbling Vireo Oregon Junco Olive-sided Flycatcher Brown Creeper Hutton Vireo Chipping Sparrow Western Flycatcher Robin - 6 eggs on bridge rafter Song Sparrow Violet-green Swallow Hermit Thrush Townsend Warbler June 11, 1967, Port Renfrew to Lake Cowichan, 40 mile up and down, showers, 1:30-4:15 p.m. PDST. Pelagic Cormorant Hammond Flycatcher Black-throat-gray Warbler Common Merganser Western Wood Pewee Red Crossbill Osprey on nest in 75-80' dead snag. Olive-side Flyc. Siskins Ruffed Grouse - 2 w/ downy young flying - 7-10 days age Oregon Junco Belted Kingfisher NW Crow Chipping Sparrow Red-shafted Flicker glaucous-gull Stellar Jay Pileated Woodpecker Hermit Thrush June 12, 1967, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, Br. Col. 6-8 a.m. 2 1/2-mile walk, clear, cool, calm. D-c Cormorant Pigeon Guillemot -1 Cedar Waxwing Baird Cormorant Rufous Hummer Starling Brandt Cormorant Band-tailed Pigeon House Sparrow Red-necked Gebe Red-shifted Flicker Yellow Warbler Eared Grebe Downy Woodpecker Townsend Warbler Mallard Violet-green Swallow W. Meadowlark Baldpate Barn Swallow NW Redwings Harlequin Ducks M/Forimm-- 1/0,2/0, 4/2, 8/3,5/1, 4/1, 5Ø Common Scoter Brewer Blackbird White-wing Scoter Chestnut-back Chickadee Cowbird Calif. Quail Bushtits Western Tanager Pheasants Red-brst. Nuthatch House Finch Black Oystercatcher- 2 Brown Creeper and 2/3 young Purple Finch White-crown Sparrow Killdeer Bewick Wren Ruf-sided Towhee Fox Sp. Calif. Gull Catbird Common Goldfinch Song Sp. Herring Gull Robin Pine Siskins Glaucous-wing Gull Hermit Thrush Oregon Junco Bonaparte Gull RCKinglet Grasshopper Sparrow GC Kinglet June 12, 1967, U of Victoria Campus, NE of Victoria, W/ Jack Lenfesty, Cons. Off. Br.Col. Nighthawks in noon-day ***Skylark-Alauda arvensis*** seen. 1 on wire line - assended and descended. 2 on sign board. 1 in air (also at airport 9 a.m. 6/1½). Trill loud, but much less melodius or musical than expected. White outer tail. Streaked upper breast. Strong Flyer. Watched flutter flight upward, then spread wing and tail in full fan and descend. Tail notched. Ruff on crown. Orange-crowned Warbler. June 12, 1967, Goldstream Park, on NW of Victoria at Malahat Drive 7:30-8:30 p.m PDST. Band-tailed Pigeon Vaux Swifts Robin Rufous Side Towhee Black Swifts Kingfisher Hermit Thrush Song Sparrow June 13, 1967, Clover Point, Victoria, Strait Juan de Fuca. 1:15-2 p.m. Clear, calm, cool. Eared Grebe - 2 Pheasant Pelagic Cormorant Killdeer D-c Cormorant Glaucous-wing Gull Mallard - 2 NW Crows Black Brant - 2 Barn Swallows Harlequin Duck 3/0, 5/3, 8/1 Starling Common Scoter - 8 Yellow Wabler Song Sparrow