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16A MAIL TRIBUNE, Mcdfenl. Oron, Sunday, December 14, 1958 Diary Jy23r Bird Watchei Friday, Dec. 5 This evening we had a meeting of 11 of the bird watchers of this area to make plans for our Christmas count. This is one of the big events of the birding year. Last year Audubon Field Notes published 565 reports from all parts of this country and Canada on the 58th Christmas Bird Count. Ours was one of six reports from Oregon. Each year we all try to find more birds than the year before by covering our territory more thoroughly and identifying as many as possible of the species that are in it. We set Dec. 30 as the date of this year's count. It can be any time between Dec. 20 and Jan. 1. We will keep the same territory we have used most previous years, a 15-mile dia meter circle, centering just south of Camp White. If there is a dense, freezing fog such as we had one year we will move it to a circle centering in Talent. If there are any people in the valley who are good at identifying birds that would like to take part in the count I would be glad to have them call me at SP 2-8860. Sunday. Dec 7 Today I went out with some young people gathering mistletoe and sugar pine cones as a Christmas money-making project. In respect to the mistletoe we found ourselves in competition with the birds. We wanted mistletoe with berries on it because people seem to "think it works better for the purpose for which mistletoe is Used. But the berries are an important winter food for birds, especially bluebirds and cedar waxwings. In some cases the birds had already beaten us to the berries and cleaned them off. Then, finally, we found some with many berries and our harvesting of it will deprive some birds of their food. However, there is such a large amount of it in the area that the amount we took will be a very minor factor. Kiwanis Kapers Dates Established Monday, Dec. 8 ( On our morning trip J. H. and I again tried to visit some spots within our Christmas count circle where we had not previously been. We have been studying a detailed map and discovered on it two or three ponds that we had never visited. One of these turned out to be especially good for ducks. The owner very kindly agreed that he would try not to have it hunted on the 29th and 30th, so that we will be the more likely to find ducks on it the day of our count. Speaking of ducks, for the first time this season we found the pretty ring-necked ducks, and the interesting thing is that we found them on four widely separated ponds. They evidently came in from the north as the result of colder weather up there and then scattered around on our various ponds. Hunting pressures as well as weather changes seem to keep ducks on the move more than most other birds. We found 43 species on this morning trip but were not working especially for numbers. The family of birds that we nearly always see in largest numbers is the finches and sparrows. Fe found 11 different kinds today. Wednesday, Dec. 10 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Richardson dropped in from up near Prospect where they live. He is one of the most scientific of the bird students in our area. He has a collecting permit and makes skins and mounts. I think he is the only one in the county that does bird banding. He notified me that they would participate in our Christmas count if the weather permits. I gave him a map showing our count circle. He told me one thing that interested me especially. He says that starlings are nesting in the area east of the Cascades. This I suspected because we had seen one at Tulelake in June. He says they nest in old woodpecker holes and are rather quiet and inconspicuous at that season. Thursday, Dee. 1 1 I have been putting sunflower seed and other choice food for birds on a window sill. I really did this for the titmice that used to come after these things quite fearlessly last year; but unfortunately t changed window sills and the titmice have not found it yet. The bird that comes the most is a brown towhee. It has come when I have been sitting almost beside the window. This is a fine way to get a really close view of a wild bird.-T.M. Mass, Open House Planned by Church A Pontifical Mass of thanks giving, an open house, and a banquet are included in the tentative program out lined for the mid-January , Centennial commemoration of the blessing of St. Joseph's Catholic church in Jackson ville. Officers of St. Anne's Al tar Society, the Parents' club of St. Mary's school, and the M e d f o r d council of the Knights of Columbus met re cently with the Rev. Carl Mai, pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic church, to start pre liminary plans for the cele bration. Positive steps are expected to be taken at a meeting of the groups Monday, Dec. 15 Gordon E. Boner is general chairman of the Centennial committee and is being assist ed by Robert Hamlin and Mrs. Elmer N. Ness, banquet committee; James J. Dunlevy and Mrs. Charles T. Ely, pro gram committee; and Thomas W. Dugan and Mrs. John L. Hockstatter, publicity com mittee. ' Through efforts of the pas tor, The Rev. William Mc Leod, St. Joseph's church has been restored - and repaired and is used regularly for Sun day Mass. A brochure on the history of the church has been compiled by Mr. McLeod and will soon be available for distribution. mm mm It's Sensible to have your laundry done the professional way! Let us take over your washday chores! Dependable service, eco nomical prices, prompt pickup! 3A Finish 10 lbs. $1.20 Each Additional Pound, 12c ALL FLAT PIECES FINISHED! With this service, men's shirts finished for a slight additional charge, and every shirt is cello packaged. 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Coco Coa Plant Entered Thursday A breaking and entering at the Coca Cola Bottling com pany, 600 North Grape St., was reported to Medford po lice Thursday night. Six six-packs of orange drink had been placed beside a door where they could be pulled through from the out side, according to the report. Nothing was reported missing. Sale m (UPD T h e State Unemployment Compensation Commission estimated 44,100 unemployed as of Dec. 1, com pared to 50,600 last year at this time. Helicopter Service Topic for Luncheon Plans for bringing a heli copter service into Medford in the near future will be dis cussed Monday noon at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce roundtable lunch eon at the Jackson hotel. The public is invited to hear George H. Dimick, president of Janrick Air Service, Seat tle, and M. C. Ziegler, vice president and general mana ger, explain methods of oper ation and prospects for mak ing Medford a base for serv ice. 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