May 6, 1979, Gr. Falls, Va. 630-1015a.m. Cool, calm, clear th hi-brkn. w/ JSG Yellow-billed Cuckoo - sev calling Turkey crossed road at 945-Jerry Bertram. Crested Flycatchers Willow Flycatcher Pewee Phoebe Blue Jays - 100's in steady flights northerly. Tennessee Warblers none in flights on 5/5-high cold winds. Hooded Warblers-2 songs Gray-deek thrush Solitary Vireo Yellow-thrtd Vireo Blk & White Warblers Worm-eating Warbler Bluewing Warblers Black-polled Warbler Blk-thrt Blue Warb. Scarlet Tanager Ms Chip Sps. mating on twig. May 13, 1979, Sycamore Ldg & Hughes Hollow, Mont. Co.M.d 6-840a.m. Ovc, calm, Z-R- with John Gottschalk and Dave Marshall of Portland Oregon Yellow-crowned Night Herons - pair calling, overhead, and perched. Kestrel - flying more directly like a sharp-shinned hawk Turkey calls Yellow-billed Cuckoos - several, and many calling Barred Owls calling Pileated Woodpecker Willow Flycatched - che-bek calls in swamp willows Acadian Flycatcher - 1 or 2 Veery - calling Prothonotary Warblers in hedgerow near ponds Northern Waterthrush Chestnut-sided warbler Scarlet Tanager M giving calls w/ White-eye Vireo interspersions like a Summer Tanager AT Seneca: Many,many cuckoos, all yellow-billed with 3 different calls Adult barred owl alit in open on 50'snag over canal, "broken wing" act, and called at us, others had seen young nearby. N.Oriole, ad and imm. Males Orchard Oriole - 2 1-yr. male plumage May 7, 1979, Dyke Marsh,Bellhaven,Alex. Va. 630-830a.m. Clear, calm, balmy. Canada Goose pr Black Duck - 3 Cooper Hawk Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Common Snipe Lesser Yellowlegs E. Kingbird BJay flights fewer now Long-billed Marsh Wrens Catbirds - dozens Yellow Wa blers - 15-20 chasing Parula Warblers Prairie Warbler - 1M in willow Black-thrt Blue Warbler Yellowthroats Northern Orioles pairs Scarlet Tanagers Swamp Sparrows May 23-June 18, 1979, see "yellow checklist" for Arizona-Calif-Oregon-Calif. trip.Notes below: Green Heron - 5/24/79. Adult on nest w/egg(s?) in Celtis reticulata at 22-2h'.Kino Sprs.Ariz. Cooper Hk -5/24 on nest in willow at 25&' at Country Club Pond, n of Nogales, Ariz. White-tailed Kite -5/30 along US101, 7/10 mi S of McNab Crk & n of Cloverdale at "a pass". "Golden-caped" Redtailed Hawk ", S Fk Eel R. adult on wire line had faint vertical and horizontal lines showing thru scope (not binocs) Yellow-buff body. Beautiful! Calif. Quadl - 5/31. SW Oregon .Flushed pair from gravel road & they got to 35mph before turning off ahead of us. Coot - one on Nogales sewer pond with brown wings contrasting strongly w/ slate color. Mtn.Bluebird -6/7/79 nest w/ young in trailer-house porch add-on under eave (AGE's residence). Townsend Solitaire -6/10 nest in upturned D.Fir roots on Mary's Peak Brewer BB-6/8/79. Davis Lake,Desch.NF. Nests in willows in open grass prairie near lake. 3 eggs, 1 egg, legg and 2 young in 3 nests. None over 5' ht. June 3, 1979.12-mile Swamp and Cabell Marsh-Finley NWR, Benton Co. Oregon. Mallards - pairs Cinnamon Teal prs. Green-wing Teal -1 pr. Pheasants -M&F on gravel rd. Sora Rail - 1 in open Killdeer Wilson Snipe M. Doves Wood Pewee Tree & Barn Swallows C. Crow Scrub Jays Marsh Wren Robin Yellow Warbler Hutton Vireo Yellowthroats Meadowlarks Redwings BBBird Black-head Grosbeak Chipping Sp. Fox Sp. Song Sp. & added at Babel Marsh: Pied-billed Grebe Red-shafted Flicker Blue Heron Cliff Swallow Wittern Swainson Thrush Wood Duck Cooks Lazuli Bunting C. Goldfinch. and at Avery Park Red-breasted Nuthatch and Bewick Wren