Field notes, v669
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July 19, 1981, Idaho Falls-Arco, Butte Co. Idaho. 630-730a.m. Clear, warm, calm. dozens of jackrabbit road kills Ferruginous Rough-legged Hawk Horned Lark Loggerhead Shrike Prairie Falcon Sage Thrasher July 19 - Craters of Moon N.Mon. 8-830a.m. Butte Co. Idaho. Mourning Dove Violet-green Swallow Clarke Nutcrachers Robin Mt. Bluebird Cowbirds Sage Sparrow July 19 - Carey, Bâaine Co- to Mtn. Home, Elmore Col Idaho. Marsh Hawk Black-billed Magpies Kestrels Mink/weasel, Marmot Common Egret 2 Sandhill Cranes Br. Blackbirds Antel.Gr.Squ. Chuckars - 2 MeadowLarks Rock? Squirrel -large Mourning Dove Tree Swallows Porke NE of Mt. Home. Red Fox NW road kill. July 19, 1981; START OF NEW STATE LIST FOR OREGON BIRDS Entered Oregon from Idaho on I-80 near Ontario, Maâleur Co. 1235MDST. Hot, calm. 1 - House Sparrow 2 - Barn Swallow 3 - Mourning Dove (#2 and 3 were the prominent birds all cross this week's trip!) 4 - Cliff Swallow 5 - Calif. Gull -Snake R N of Weiser Jct. 6 - Brewer Blackbird 7 - Western Kingbirds 8 - Raven, N of Pleasant Valley Baker Co. 9 - Horned Larks 10 - Starlings 11- Redwings N of Baker 12- Swainson Hawk - imm. 13 - C. Crow 14 - Great Blue Heron N of N.Powder, Union Co. Birds seen at Jeanne Evendens off Exit 273, Ladd Canyon - 7/19 p.m. and to 10a.m. 7/20 Red-tailed Hk - 3 - 1 pursuing Violet-grn Swallow Audubon Warbler Golden Eagle to very high circles-Barn Swallow House Sparrow Marsh Hawk Cliff Swallow W. Meadowlark Kestrel C. Crow Redwings Killdeer C. Raven Bullock Oriole Mournihg Dove Blk-bill Magpie Brwer Blkbd. C. Nighthawk Oreg. Chickadee Cowbird Vaux Swift Wh-brst Nuthatch Western Tanager Rufous Hummer Robin Blk-hd Grosbeak Black-chinned Hummer Rubycrn Kinlet Evening Grosbeak Chipping Sp. Yellow-shift Flicker Cedar Waxwing Lazuli Bunting Wh-crn Sp. Yellow-belld Sapsucker Starling House Finches Song Sp. Eastern Kingbird Solitary Vireo Red Crossbills Hammond Flycatcher Orange-crn Warbler C. Goldfinch W. Wood Pewee Yellow Warbler Vesper Sparrow Sept. 7, 1981, OSH 126 at Ollalie G.S. - Raven OSH 126 at Sisters/Redmond - Mtn. Bluebird Sept. 7, 1981, Sheep Rock Unit, John Day Fossil Beds N.Mon. Oregon. 430-540p.m. PDST. Marsh Hawks Valley Quail 9/8 Kestrels common E from Dayville. Chukars - 12's Yellow-billed Cuckoo 12's of deer in alfalfa. Sept. 9, 1981, I84 at mile 229 rest stop and weigh station, SE Idaho. 9a.m. MDST. Red-breasted Nuthatch feeding on aphids on 24-30"-hi thistle. No timber within 15+ miles. Irrigated farmlands and desert scrub in area.