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Banks
1959
20
Journal
June 18 Metcalf Bay spit, sea level, Tillamook Co., Oregon
Long-tailed Marsh Wrens, Redwing, along the spit are White-crowned Savannah Sparrow,
both common, the latter rare so, and a few
Acer Goldfinch. Also saw Common Loon,
Great Blue Heron, Crow, Killdeer, Western
Gull and also a light-backed Gull, not
identified, Cedar Waxwing. Also one pair of
Violet-green Swallows. Toward the end if
the spit (away from the path) there is a
large fir (?) forest, trees not too high, but
very dense. I could not get them at the
place I tried to enter. Here saw Mourning
Dove and heard Winter Wren, which I
also heard this morning. There were Orange-
crowned Warblers singing on the spit, in
rather unusual, I felt, habitat for them.
There are deer here-saw one- and many
tailband tracks. It was sunny and
quite warm on the spit for much of the
afternoon, but windy. The fog hung on the
hills just across the bay, just a few hundred
feet high, but there was blue sky over me.
June 19 Spent today in camp, shinning the birds I got
yesterday. But 16 done have to do tomorrow morning.
It has been overcast & dark allday, not warm but
still comfortable. Saw a chipmunk in camp.