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Monday, June 2
Thp first thins in the morning I bought some nicotiana
plants and set them out. I got them for their wonderful
evening fragrance and also because they are auracuve iu
hummingbirds. We should have a paradise for humming
birds here after awhile because I planted the nicotine just
in front of a bis bed of gladiolus.
T.atpr in the mornine I went out in the car. Instead of
making a bird list as I usually do I just cruised around the
vallev looking for one thing, the nesting area of tricolored
blackbirds. On Memorial Day we found that they were not
nesting where I had thought they were, near Gregory road
Finally, as it was time for me to come home, I found a place
where they were nesting, not far from Scenic ave. north of
Central Point. This later proved to be just a small section
of the main nesting colony.
After lunch I picked fip R. B. and took him out with me
to explore the nesting colony of the tricolored blackbirds.
We found that they were nesting mainly on the east side of
Bear creek, just west and a little north of Mon Desir. We
estimated about 1,500 birds in the area. They are very gre
garious. Nests were sometimes within four feet of each
other. All the nests we found were in dense blackberry
tangles very difficult to penetrate. We didn't find any nests
with young in them, but found a good many young birds
apparently just out ofnthe nests.
lie colony was pretty noisy, as the parent birds resented
our intrusion. Many of them had caterpillars or worms in
their (eaks, which might indicate that they are economically
benQicial although they undoubtedly do damage at times,
too, because of their habit of feeding close together in dense
flocks. The males with their bright red and white shoulder
patches were very pretty.
Tuesday, June 3 o
When we had the more natural part of our property
mowed I managed to get the man to leave a couple of areas
where there were a good many bachelor button plants grow
ing wild.rJike them for two reasons. The blue flowers are
very pretty. Then, when they go to seed they attract the
equally pretty lesser (green-backed) goldfinches. Today I
saw the firsUof these beginning to feed on them. There will
be more as tne seeds ripen.
Another plant the lesser goldfinches like is Michaelmas
daisies. One of my bird loving friends gave us some plants
a couple of years ago and they have multiplied so that now
I would be glad to share them with others. They flower and
ripen their seeds toward the end of the" summer.
Charlie Hoover was kind enough to call me and say that
some unusual, large, white birds were on. the lake. I couldn't
go over right away but did later in the afternoon, and then
the big white birds had gone. But Hoover lake didn't disap
point me. There were a good many swallows flying and
feeding just above the surface of the water and among them
were at least four purple martins. Tftese handsome blue
black swallows are not nearly as common in the west as
back east. They seldom if ever occupy the apartment type
bird houses that are often put up for them. I have not seen
them on the floor of our valley before. Last June I saw them
apparently nesting up at Hiatt lake.
I finally finished tabulating our Memorial Day bird count.
We ended up with 91 species. We did well on valley birds,
but could probably have found more mountain species with
more observers taking more time. Two of the commonest
valley species we missed were Lewis' woodpecker and com
mon snipe. Tne observers taking part were: Richard Brown
(ranger naturalist at Crater Lake), Ralph Browning, Mrs.
Howard Bush, Betty Jo Hicks, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hubbard,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCamant (that's us), Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Richardson, Dr. John Reynolds, Mrs. W. D. Pearson
and Tom Turpin. ,
The species we listed in the greatest numbers was the
Brewer's blackbird with 285. The only other one that we
counted more than a hundred of was the meadowlark with
132. Too bad we hadn't yet found the nesting colony of tri
colored blackbirdsat that time.
Court Upholds
Decision Against
Reynolds Firm
San Francisco (UPI) -
The U.S. Court of Appeals has
upheld a 530,000 decision
against the Reynolds Alumi
num Co. over the protests of
America's eight largest alu
minum producers.
The appeal tribunal voted
5-1 to uphold the award to the
Paul Martin family of Trout-
dale, Ore., for alleged fluoride
poisoning.
It was the first case in his
tory in which aluminum com
panies were charged with
such injuries. It was also the
first case in which it was al
leged fluoride compounds
could be harmful to humans.
Windows Etched .
Testimony revealed that as
much as 3,988 pounds of fluo
ride a day were passed into
the air enough to etch the
windows of the Martin ranch.
But Reynolds representa
tives, backed by the seven
other firms, had asserted that
it was impossible to make
aluminum without emitting
fluoride concentrates into the
air. It was further argued
that medical experts differ
on how much fluoride will
cause injury to humans.
The court ruled that the in
structions given the jury by
trial judge William G. East of
Portland, Ore., were not pre
judicial. It was the second
time the court ruled on the
case.
There are 250 religious de
nominations in the United
States.
Personally Yours
Friday-June 6
Today I saw the first of the new crop of baby pheasants
out in our field with a hen. They didn't look tiny enough to
be just out of the egg. They usually keep hidden in the tall
Qgrass for quite a while before I get a glimpse of them. T.M.
Pacifist Crewmen Given Jail Terms
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Honolulu (UPI) The fed
eral government lowered the
boom today on fivPcrewmen
of the Golden Rule for try
ing to sail their yacht into
.the Eniwetok atomic area to
protest l?jS. nuclear tests.
Three the(tjve were sen
tenced to ' 60 days in jail
Thursday for defying a ppurt
order forbidding them t&sail
their vessel. A pur was
given probation.
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Jiffy Would CImo
Corvallis Jail
Corvallis (UPI) The,
city of Corvallis should dis
continue use of its jail, ac
cording to the Benton county
grand jury.
The jurors also recommend
ed hiring of a full-time night
jailer by the couny adminis
tration. They said Corvallis officials
"have been remiss in their ob
ligations" in allowing to ex
ist for three years a jail that
was established as a tempor
ary facility." They said the
jail is a fire hazard, has no
heat control and is unsanitary.
City and county officials
have been considering the pos
sibility of merging the jail
facilities.
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Daily's U-Driio
Medford Airprt
The skipper, Albert Bige
low, 52, Cos Cob, Conn., faced
arraignment today. He has
been held in jail since Wed
nesday, when he tried unsuc
cessfully to cast off.
The three serving 60-day
sentences were William R.
Huntington, 51, St. James,
N.Y.; Orion Sherwood, 28,
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and
George Willoughby, 43, Black
wood Terrace, N.J. James
Peck, 43, New York City, got
probation because it was his
offense in trying to sail the
yacht.
All pleaded guilty to the
charge of defying a federal
injunction.
Huntington said he entered
a plea of guilty to the fact
that he did move the boat. .
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YOUTHFUL FISHERMEN Skipper and Lyle Hood, 7 and
5 years old, respectively, of Phoenix, lean over a bridge
railing and peer hopefully into an irrigation ditch in Phoenix
hoping to catch a "big 'un." Nothing is better than fishing
on a spring afternoon as these two boys carry on the tradi
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