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Simpson
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Yellowstone
May 20/932
Ravens, about 10. One pair had a nest in
Yellowstone River up near the rim in
a cave on the southeast side.
The day was light cloudy, with snow
patches everywhere. Snow is still about
1 foot deep in the forest. One drift in a
road cut in Hayden Valley was 10 ft. deep.
Yellowstone Lake was still frozen over.
Ravens, gulls, & pelicans all alighted on
the ice.
Birds seen for the first time in the
park this spring were:
Audibon Warbler
Thrush ()
Barn swallows
Many others were seen:
Violet-green swallow
Robins
Meadow Lark
Mt. Chickadees (teparating woodpecker hole for
Red-tail hawks (abundant)
Redwing Blackbird
Fliekers (Redrafted)
Junco
Vesper Sparrow
Subimbor Sp— Hawle
Crow
Mt. Bluebird
Clarles Crow
Rocky Mt. Jay