NAME FIRST NO. NEXT WHEN
SEEN SEEN SEEN COM.
Cedar Waxwing 2-3 2
B.-throated Bunting 2-5 7 2-13
Am. R.-legged Hawk 2-7 2
Red-tailed " 2-7 1
Mourning Dove[1] 2-11 1
Wild Geese 2-18 7
Bluebirds 2-19 23 3-5
Brown Creeper[2] 2-26 1
Ducks--on river 3-1
Robin 3-11 1 3-11
Killdeer 3-1 3
Ducks--Old Squaw 3-3 11
Flicker 3-3 1
Red-w. Blackbird 3-4 12
Meadow Lark 3-8 3
Cooper's Hawk 3-11 2
Pileated Woodpecker 3-14 2
Purple Grackle 3-15 7
Phoebe 3-18 1 3-19
Am. Sheldrake[3] 3-18
Sparrow Hawk 3-19 3
House Wren 3-19 2
[1]In company with a large number of Juncas and Song Sparrows; and near
some straw sheds had probably been left during the fall migration.
[2]Found dead at foot of a tree, in very poor condition.
[3]Numerous on the river; a friend shot three.
Great-horned Owl--found first nest February 8, containing three eggs.
Red-tailed Hawk--took first eggs, 1/2, on March 3.
Crows--counted 206 flying northwest to roost eight miles away, on March
5; on the 17th found new and finished nest.
I have made no mention of our winter residents, such as Junco, B. C.
Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Song Sparrow, Am. Goldfinch, Crows, Jays,
Hairy, Downy and Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Cardinals, etc., for scarcely
a day of the period covered by this record has passed in which I have
not observed more or less of all of them; and also have seen nearly
every day, in my twenty to forty miles ride, more or less of some of the
following more rare permanent residents: Great Horned, Barred and
Screech owls, Am. Rough-legged and Red-tailed Hawks, Prairie Hens,
Ruffed Grouse and Bobwhite, and occasionally a wild Turkey would cross
my path.