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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