Field journal, v4159
Page 375
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Trumpeter Swan Circus 223. 1930/4 Yellowstone May 27, 1932 A light, clinging snow fell last night & at intervals all day yesterday. This morning it is falling rapidly off the trees & melting! The day is cold & windy. Tules around the lake are still dead & yellow. The census cannot be complete because nests are not yet made, except in a few instances. But birds seen on the lakes are herewith listed. Trumpeter Swan Total 2 Barrows Goldeneye 4, 3, Cliff Swallows est. several hundred Yellow Headed Blackbirds many Coots est. about 50 Wilson Phalarope, #6,2, Scamp 2 17 28 Eared Grebes est. 43 Ruddy Duck 4,+ 49 58 Mallard 1,1,1,1 4 Redwing Blackbird est. 20 And/Or Harlelers 1,4,4,10 est 100 Brewer Blackbird est. 20 Hillder 2 Pintails 6,2, 8 Vesper Sparrow est. 10 Yellow Throat 1# 1 Canada Geese 2 Bobolinks 5,2 est 10 Savannah Sparrow est. 100 Mourning Dove 1 In walking around the lake we have seen,