April 9, 1971, KSU Campus, Manhattan, Riley Co. Kansas 8 a.m. Rock Dove Starlings - abundant 3615 Mourning Doves - 2 House Sparrows - abundant Robins few Purple Grackle - few Cardinals - few Washington-Marlett Park (Top of the World), NW of Manhattan, Kan. Riley Co. to 1300' el. Chert-Flint stone - Permian time period 1:30 p.m.-2 p.m. 3616 Sparrow Hawk - 1 Yellow-shafted Flicker - 1 E. Meadowlark - 12 Chipping Sp. - 1 MacDowell Creek-Ashland area, S of Manhattan, Riley Co Kansas 2:20-315 p.m. Clear, warm,calm. Turkey Vultures Mourning Doves Tufted Titmouse 1000'el. S of Kansas R. Red-bellied Woodpeckers Common Crows Cardinals 3617 Hackberry Glen, Flint Hills, SE of Manhattan, Riley Co. Kansas. 3:30-415 p.m. Warm,calm,clear. Yellow-shafted Flicker Blue Jay Black-bapped Chickadee Eastern Bluebirds. 3618 S on KSH 177 to 3 mi S of I-70, then E 2 1/2 miles in Geary and Wabaunsee Cos. Kans. then N to Pilsbury Crossing, Deep Creek Valley - 5-6 p.m. Future Nat. Prairie area site. Red-tailed Hawk Cliff Swallows E. Mdlks. w/ Cottam,Gutermuth & Hulbert. Pheasant Robihs Grackles 3619 Mourning Doves Logger-Shrike Cowbirds - mostly males. Killdeer Starlarks Vesper Sparrows Yellow-shafted Flicker House Sparrows White-crown (Harris?) Sparrows Tuttle Creek Dam, Riley Co. Kansas - 6:30p.m.-6:45. 3620 Shovellers Franklin Gulls Starlings Coots Ring-billed Gulls Redwings April 10, 1971, Pottawatomie Co. to area few miles N of Belvue, Kansas - 6-6:45,after daylight. E. Students Conclave trip to Prairie Chicken Courting Grounds. 3621 Blue Heron - 2 from rookery Horned Owl - 2 Redwings Blue-winged Teal - 2 Mourning Doves Grackles Sparrow Hawk - 1 Yellow-shafted Flicker Cowbirds Red-tailed Hawk Red-headed Woodpecker Cardinals Bobwhite - 7 in flock Robins Vesper Sparrows Greater Prairie Chicken - 30 in one group, 2 singles elsewhere. Watched and heard booming, courting, and territorial scaps. What a treat! Upland Plover - 1 w/ chickens Shrikes Harris Sparrows - 12 Killdeer - 8 Meadlowlarks W-tail deer-2 April 10, 1971, Tuttle Creek Dam area, Riley Co. Kansas - 7:40-9 a.m. Cool. breezy,clear Blue Herons Turkey Vultures Mourning Doves 3622 Wood Ducks Redtailed Hawk Downy Woodpecker Grackles Blue-winged Teal Coots House Sparrow Cowbirds Shovellers Ring-billed Gulls E. Mdlks. Cardinals. Greater Scaup Franklin Gulls Redwings April 10, 1971, Milford Game Mgmt. Area and Res. Clay Co. Kansas - 9:30-11 a.m. Warm,windy. 11,000 acs alnd and res. water - 8,000 in cultivation 6 yrs ago. Bob & Gwenda McWhorter White Pelicans - horns on bills Turkey Vultures House Sparrows 3623 D.C. Cormorants Coots E. Mdlks. Blue Herons Ring-billed Gulls Redwings Canada Geese Franklin Gulls Grackles Snow Geese Yellow-shafted Flicker Mallard Red-bellied Wpkrs. Blue-wing Teal Downy Wpkrs. Gadwalls Common Crows Pintails Blue Jays Shovellers E. Bluebirds