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THE OOLOGIST 



Oregon Birds 



1. Western Grebe, found along 

 Crooked River and other waterways. 



2. Pied-billed Grebe, found along 

 Crooked River and other waterways. 



3. Mallard, found along Crooked 

 River and other streams. 



4. Mountain Quail, found both in 

 canyons and on buttes. 



5. Prairie Hen, 1-12, found on the 

 plains and buttes. 



6. Mourning Dove, n-2, n-1, does 

 not begin nesting until June as a 

 .ule. 



7. Turkey Vulture. 



8. Western Goshawk, nesting site 

 located in canyon wall but too late 

 for the eggs as the young, 3 in num- 

 ber, left the nest at my approach. 



9. Western Redtail, 1-2, 2-3. Begin 

 nesting about 1st of April or before. 



10. Swainson Hawk, same as Red- 

 tail in nesting habits. 



11. Bald Eagle, an occasional visi- 

 tor, his aerie has been located on 

 Black Butte by Forest Ranger. 



12. Marsh Hawk. 



13. Desert Sparrow-hawk. 



14. American Osprey, 2-3, both sets 

 taken off, "Eagle Rock" in Crooked 

 River. 



15. Long-eared Owl. 



16. Kennicott Screech Owl. 



17. Burrowing Owl, 1-6, 1-8, 1-9, nest 

 in abandoned badger holes about five 

 or six feet from the entrance, on a 

 pile of flaky cow dung. 



18. Western Horned Owl, one nest 

 found in last year's Red-tail's nest. 

 Two young almost ready to leave the 

 nest. May 16. 



19. Northwestern Betted Kingfisher, 

 found along Crooked River and other 

 streams. 



20. Red-shafted Flicker, 1-8, nest in 

 cavities of junipers. 



21. Gairdner Woodpecker, one seen 

 at nest entrance but I was in a hurry 

 and didn't stop to investigate. 



22. Whip-poor-will, flushed from un- 

 der junipers time and again but 

 failed to find nest. 



23. Western Night Hawk. 



24. Hummingbird. 



25. Arkansas Kingbird, n-4, nest 

 with full complement of eggs in lat- 

 ter part of May. 



26. Western Black Phoebe, nest 

 found 10 feet up in cliffs with five 

 young. 



27. Western Wood Pewee, first 

 noted on Juniper Butte. 



28. Least Flycatcher, 2n-4, n-5, the 

 first two sets found in a brush pile 

 and the third one found 6 feet up in 

 a small juniper snug against the 

 trunk. 



29. Horned Lark, young seen run- 

 ning over the fields but failed to find 

 a single nest. 



30. American Magpie, 1-6, 1-8, sets 

 completed in early April. 



31. Rocky Mountain Jay, seen on 

 trip through mountains. 



32. Oregon Jay, seen in fringe of 

 timber. Resident claimed he found 

 this bird nesting in the junipers while 

 the snow was still on the ground. 



33. Western Meadowlark, 2n-4, 2-5. 

 Plentiful but the nests very difficult 

 to find. 



34. American Raven, one nest found 

 in cliffs twenty feet up containing 

 five young, another located but not 

 investigated. 



35. Lewis Woodpecker, nest located 

 in an old rotten pine stub 60 feet up 

 but I could not climb it without 

 climbers. 



36. Clarke Nutcracker, seen in 

 fringe of timber and believe they 

 nested close by. 



37. Bullocks Oriole, n-5, taken in 

 juniper on Juniper Butte. 



38. Brewers Blackbird, 2n-4, in wil- 

 lows along irrigation ditch. 



39. Western Vesper Sparrow. 



40. Gambel's Sparrow. 



