TROCHET, J. 1990 Journal July 19 Willamette Valley, from Eugene to Corvallis, Oregon I slept at a campsite near Westfir from 00:30 to 05:30, when I resumed driving toward Eugene. I visited three parks in the Eugene area and saw and heard no Lesser goldfinches. I went to the University of Oregon, where I found Dan Green to check his records there. He could suggest nowhere locally reliably having any Lesser goldfinches, certainly nowhere with enough to collect. The university has no bird collection to speak of, with only 5 goldfinches, all American, per Dan Green. I then drove from Eugene to Finley National Wildlife Refuge, which is just N. of State Highway 99W, 12 miles S. of Corvallis. There I spoke with refuge non-game wildlife personnel, and they were likewise pessimistic about my finding sufficient numbers of birds in the valley to meet my needs. This is apparently a fairly typical year, and they reported only 2 observations this breeding season. I walked around for about 20 minutes along margins of oak/mesple woodlands and asstickets and along stream margin adjacent to open meadows. American goldfinches were numerous, but I detected no Lesser goldfinch. My next stop was Corvallis and Oregon State University. Then I was directed to two grad students, Jaap Hillenius and Office mate Jack ?. They offered two promising places, birds in southern Oregon. They knew of no place in the Willamette Valley that would meet my needs. I saw the O.S.U. collection of Lesser goldfinches - all 13 birds. I then drove on to White Salmon, Washington to visit Ray & Joyce Fitzsimmons, old friends.