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. Robin Broad-billed Hummer M & F at lodge. Hermit Thrushes Gilded Flickers - several Hutton Vireo - 2 Acorn Woodpecker - 1 Audubon Warblers - 12-15 together Cassin Kingbird Black-throated Gray Warbler - 1 Olivaceous Flycatcher Townsend Warbler - sev. Hammond/Dusky Flyeatchers Painted Redstart - 2 Stellar Jays - 4 or 5 Hepatic Tanager -pr after salt on parking lot. Mexican Jays - 12's Black-headed Grosbeaks - 12&s from full M to other plumes. May 9, 1975, ASH 286, Robles Jct (Three Corners) S to Arivaca Road. 625-705a.m. Clear. w/ Gale Monson and Murray Hansen Kestrel Horned Larks Brown-headed Cowbirds Gambel Quail Rough-wing Swallows Cardinals White-winged Doves Common Ravens Pyrrhuloxias Mourning Doves White-necked Ravens House Finches Ground Doves - 2 Mockingbirds in open country Lark Buntings - in numbers. Inca Dove - few Curve-billed Thrasher Gilded Flicker Loggerhead Shrike Ladderback Wpkr. Wilson Warblers Western Kingbird Eastern Meadowlarks Ash-throated Flycatcher Great-tailed Grackles 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 Sparow 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 Flycathers House Finches Common and White-necked Ramens 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