May 5, 1975, Madera Canyon, Santa Cruz Co. Arizona, w/Gale Monson. 315-815 p.m. very windy and cold. Up canyon to mine - 5600-6400' el. Turkey Vulture - 7 over to E at 6p.m. Band-tailed Pigeons - 6 or 7 Elf Owl in telephone poles beside and in front of Madera Lodge, acalling at 730p.m.-2 of them. Whiskered Owl - Otus trichopsis - LIFER - first one obtained by aid of recorded call on tape. responded to 2nd playing. Stayed nearby in dark, good look 3 x with flash lantern. Broad-tailed Hummer - carrying nesting material in oak belt. Rivoli Hummer F at the lodge. Broad-billed Hummer M & F at lodge. Gilded Flickers - several Acorn Woodpecker - 1 Cassin Kingbird Olivaceous Flycatcher Hammond/Dusky Flyeatchers Stellar Jays - 4 or 5 Mexican Jays - 12's Robin Hermit Thrushes Hutton Vireo - 2 Audubon Warblers - 12-15 together Black-throated Gray Warbler - 1 Townsend Warbler - sev. Painted Redstart - 2 Hepatic Tanager -pr after salt on parking lot. Black-headed Grosbeaks - 12&8 from full M to other plumes. 4074 May 9, 1975, ASH 286, Robles Jct (Three Corners) S to Arivaca Road. 625-705a.m. Clear. w/ Gale Monson and Murray Hansen Kestrel Gambel Quail White-winged Doves Mourning Doves Ground Doves - 2 Inca Dove - few Gilded Flicker Ladderback Wpkr. Western Kingbird Ash-throated Flycatcher Horned Larks Rough-wing Swallows Common Ravens White-necked Ravens Mockingbirds in open country Curve-billed Thrasher Loggerhead Shrike Wilson Warblers Eastern Meadowlarks Great-tailed Grackles Brown-headed Cowbirds Cardinals Pyrrhuloxias House Finches Lark Buntings - in numbers. 4075 May 9, 1975, Buenos Aires Ranch, E of ASH 286, Altar Valley, S of Arivaca Rd. 705-245p.m. Clear to scattered 85°& 5-15 mph. GM and MH. Much mesquite-controlled lands Blue Heron - 2 Green-winged Teal -1M, Cinnamon Teal - 4For imm. Ruddy Ducks. Turkey Vultures - 12& Loggerhead Shrike Red-tailed Hawk - 1 very dark brown Warbling Vireos Swainson Hawk - 1 adult Lucy Warbler Golden Eagle - 1 imm. Yel ow Warbler Kestrel Audubon Warbler Gambell Quail - many scattered pairs MacGilvray's Warbler Coots - 6-8 Wilson Warblers common Killdeer - 6-8 House Sparrow Spotted Sandpiper - on each tank, 4& on lake E. Meadowlark - few Black-necked Stilt - 1 adult W. Meadowlark - few White-winged Doves - 12's Redwings Mourning Doves - 100's Hooded Oriole - 2 Ground Dove - 2 Bullock Oriole - 4& Roadrunner - 1 Brown-headed Cowbird - 100's Lesser Nighthawks - 4& Bronzed Cowbird - 3 Western Kingbirds - 12's Western Tanager -M Cassin Kingbirds - 6 Cardinas & Pyrrhuloxias Ash-throated Flycatchers - several pairs - 1 pr flew 100&' in tandam (mating??) noisy enroute. W. Wood Pewees Black-headed Grosbeaks - sev. F's Vermilion Flycatchers House Finches Common and White-necked Ravens Green-tailed and Borwn Towhees Horned Larks Vesper and Savannah Sparrows Rough-winged Swallows - 6& Lark Buntings - 1000's over range, fewer blacks Bank Swallow - 1 Black-throated Sparrows - sev. Barn Swallows - 2 Lark Sparrows - 100's Cliff Swallow - 1 Brewer Sparrows - 1008s Verdin Cassin Sparrows - 2& Bewick Wrens White-crown Sparrows Cactus Wrens