Bird lore - Project Puffin

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40 Bird - Lore
Vemilion Flycatcher, 2; Sonoran Red- winged Blackbird, 100+ ; Texas Meadowlark.
50; House Finch, 2 males; Lawrence's Goldfinch, 6; Western Vesper Sparrow (?), i:
Gambel's Sparrow, 10; Western Chipping Sparrow, 25; White-rumped Shrike, 6; Audu-
bon's (?) Warbler, 30; Palmer's Thrasher, 4; Bendire's Thrasher, i; Cactus Wren, 5,
Total, 20 species, 302 individuals. James W. Lane, Jr.
Seattle, Wash. (To Interlaken, Union Bay Shores, South-shore of Lake Union,
University grounds, Laurelhurst, thence to Mud Lake, Sandy-Point and Pontiac Bay,
via Lake Washington shore, and return).—Dec. 24; 9. a.m. to 4.45 p.m. Cloudy, Ughi
showers to continuous rain; hail at 11.45 a.m.; ground bare; wind southeast, light,
increasing in afternoon; temp. 38°. Western Grebe, i; Pied-billed Grebe, 8; Western
Gull, 9; Herring Gull, 12; California Gull, i; Red-breasted Merganser, 2; Hooded Mer-
ganser, 3; Mallard, 18; Green-winged Teal, 3; Shoveler, 10; Pintail, 2; Canvasback, 3;
Scaup, 40; Ring-necked Duck, 3; Bufflehead, 14; Old-squaw, 9; White- winged Scoter, i;
Ruddy Duck, 270; Northwestern Coast Heron, 2; Coot, 300; California Quail, i; Bald
Eagle, i; Kingfisher, i; Harris's Woodpecker, 2; Northwestern Flicker, 5; Western
Crow, 20; Western Chipping Sparrow, i; Oregon Junco, 3; Rusty Song Sparrow, 6;
Western Winter Wren, 6; California Creeper, i; Oregon Chickadee, 3; Bush- Tit, 12;
Western Golden-crowned Kinglet, 6; Western Robin, 37; Varied Thrush, 45. Total, 36
species, 861 individuals.—F. W. Cook.
Portland, Ore.—Dec. 27; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cloudy, light rain in afternoon; wind
south; temp. 37° to 41°. Glaucous-winged Gull, 3; California Gull, 10; Canvasback, 68;
Ring-necked Pheasant, 200; Cooper's Hawk, i; Red-shafted Flicker, 3; Pine Siskin, 200;
Oregon Junco, 60; Rusty Song Sparrow, 25; Oregon Towhee, 5; Vigors's Wren, 6;
Western Winter Wren, 3; Oregon Chickadee, 11; Western Golden-crowned Kinglet.
15; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 3; Western Robin, i; Varied Thrush, 6. Total, 17 species.
Tom McCamant, Jack Dougherty and William Brewater.
432 individuals.
Escondido, Calif.—Dec. 25; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Partly cloudy; temp. 65°. Killdeer, 30;
Valley Quail, 100; Mourning Dove, 20; Western Red-tailed Hawk, i; Desert Sparrow
Hawk, 2; Barn Owl, 2; Burrowing Owl, 3; California Screech Owl, i; Red-shafted Flicker,
3; Black-chinned Hummingbird, 2; Arkansas Kingbird, 9; Say's Phoebe, 4; Black
Phoebe, 2; Cahfornia Jay, 4; Western Meadowlark, 75; Brewer's Blackbird, 150; House
Finch, 200; Willow Goldfinch, 50; Anthony's Towhee, 25; Phainopepla, i; California
Shrike, 8; Audubon's Warbler, 30; Western Mockingbird, 10; Pasadena Thrasher, 3;
California Bush- Tit, 20; Pallid Wren- Tit, 6; Western Robin, 25; Western Bluebird, 10.
Total, 28 species, 805 individuals. Fred Gallup.
Fresno, Calif.—Dec. 24; 12 m. to 4.30 p.m. Clear; no wind; temp. 62°. Fresno to
Firebaugh and return by auto. Western Grebe, i; California Gull, 30; White Pelican, 20;
Mallard, i; Snow Goose, 100; Great Blue Heron, 6; Coot, 79; Least Sandpiper, 17;
Killdeer, 4; Western Mourning Dove, 12; Turkey Vulture, 4; Marsh Hawk, 6; Western
Red-tailed Hawk, 10; Rough-legged Hawk, 3; Golden Eagle, i; Prairie Falcon, i; Desert
Sparrow Hawk, 24; Burrowing Owl, 7; Kingfisher, i; Red-shafted Flicker, 32; Say's Phoebe,
6; Black Phoebe, 7; California Horned Lark, 348; Western Crow, 2; Western Meadow-
lark, 194; Brewer's Blackbird, 162; House Finch, 132; Western Savannah Sparrow, 19;
Western Lark Sparrow, 16; Gambel's Sparrow, 166; Western Chipping Sparrow, i;
California Sage Sparrow, 67; Heermann's Song Sparrow, i; California Shrike, 67;
Audubon's Warbler, 170; Pipit, 30; Western Mockingbird, 28; Tule Wren, i; Western
Bluebird, 5. Total, 40 species, 1,804 individuals.
Los Angeles, Calif.—Dec. 26; 7.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Clear; strong northwest wind in
canyons and foothills; temp. 54° to 71°. Census taken by members of the Los Angeles
Audubon Society, in 8 sections, visiting Mt. Lowe, Eagle Rock, Arroyo Seco, Griffith
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Mr. and Mrs. John G. Tyler.
Park, Sycamore Grove, Silver Lake, Rosedale Cemetery and San Pedro, all within 10
miles of the city. Mt. Lowe was reached by cars, San Pedro and Griffith Park by auto.