Alaska field notes typed, v4498
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Diskv Horned Owl. Bubo magallicanicus saturatus? Heard a pair of owls hoot in several nights. Belted Kingfisher. Ceryle alcyon. Not common. Harris Woodpecker. Dryobates villosus harrisi. Not common. Taken. Northern Red-breasted Sapsucker. Sphyrapicus ruber notkensis. Not common. Several taken. Selasphorus rufus Rufous Hummingbird. Several males seen. Western Flycatcher. Empidonax difficilis. One shot. Two others seen. Stellar Jay. Cyanocitta stellari. Not common. Several taken. Run toward carlottae. Northern Raven. Corvus corax principalis. Comparatively common. Northwest Crow. Corvus caurinus. Common. Beginning to breed. American Crossbill. Loxia curvirostra minor. Not common. Several shot. White-winged Crossbill. Loxia leucoptera. Not common. Shot. Pine Siskin. Spinus pinus. Quite common. A female shot April 19th. appeared to have already incubated. Other females shot later had not begun breed- ing. Sandwich Sparrow. Ammodramus sandwichensis. Several shot. Rather common after May first near the creek north of camp. Found in trees as well as on the ground. Oregon Junco. Junco oreganus. I shot one and saw another. Song Sparrow. Melospiza cinerea ss.? Rare. Shot one. Townsend Fox Sparrow. Not very common. Several were taken. There seemed to me two subspecies; perhaps one is fuliginosus. Lutescent Warbler. Helmintothypila celata lutescens. Not common. Several taken.. Hoover Warbler. Dendroica coronata hooveri. Rare. Shot one, May 5th. Townsend Warbler. Dendroica townsendi. Saw one and Littlejohn shot another. Golden Pileolated Warbler. Wilsonia pusilla chryseola. Not common. Shot. Pipit. Anthus pensilvanicus. Saw a small flock on the beach and shot one. Water Ouzel. Cinclus mexicanus. Rare, saw two or three.