Tbe quarterly journal of Oregon ft.eld. ornitltology Volume 23, Number 4,I[inter 1997 Gabrielson andJewefi Who Were They? Part II ,.......115 Dauid B. Marshall The Growth of the Oregon Birdlist, 1!06 through 1995 "..... 120 George A. Jobanek A New North American Waterfowl Big Day Record ...............134 Jeff Gilligan, Jim Johruon, Gaard Lillie, Owen Schmidt 0F0 Birding Weekends 136-37 Malheur County, May 17-18, 1997 ......,.............'.'..... 136 Paul Sulliuan Jackon County, 19-20 July 1997 .......................'.'..... 136 Paul T, Sulliuan Lake County, 15-17 Au gust 1997 ......'.........'.............. 137 Daui.d R. CoPeland Announcing 1998 0F0 Birding Weekends ................ 142 Paul Sulliuan Getting the most out of your CBC day '....".""'.,. 13S Alan ContrsYas NEWSAND NorES OBz3u) .................r42 FIELDNSTES .................. .....144 Eastern0regon, Spring 1997 ........... ......145 Paul T. Sulliaan Western Oregon, Spring 1997 ....'...... 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Marsball, 4265 SW Cbesapeake Aue., Portland, OR 9720 I [email protected] ,Tlnit constitutes the second of a 2- my lifetime, I believe he accom- Audubon Sociery).Through my fam- I part series on the authors of the plished more than any other indi ily and their associates, birds became highly regarded Birds of Oregon vidual in government service on be- my principal interest before I could (1940) or its reprint, erroneously re- half of wildlife. read orwrite .Throughout most of my named Birds of tbe Nortbuest The information that follows is a youngster days, my father was the (Gabrielson andJewett l97O). Part I, combination of my personal recollec- Society's Vice President. His duties on Ira N. Gabrielson, appeared in Or- tions and ocperiences combined with included lining up speakers for egon Birds 23G):87-93,Rall 1997 published material. weekly Friday night programs, a ma- (Marshall 1997).The purpose of this jor activity of the Society at the time. series is to provide current Oregon This was of course before television ornithologists and birders back- Part II - Stanley G.Jewett so there were no nature programs to ground on who Gabrielson (1889- watch at home. I looked forward to 1977) and Stanley G.Jewett (1885- Stanley Gordon Jewett was called Friday nights. One of the speakers 1955) were in terms of their person- "Stan" by his friends. I shall use Stan. whom my father sought most was alities and accomplishments. It also My experiences with Stan began Stan, a biologist for the U.S. Biologi- seems appropriate to consider the when I was about 9 years old in the cal Survey of the Department ofAgri conditions under which they oper- mid-1930s. My father, EadA. Marshall, culture .The Biological Surveywas the ated in Oregon. his brother, C.L. Marshall and other predecessor agency to the U.S. Fish I felt this paper was appropriate for family members were amateur natu- andVildlife Service.It was evident to me to write because I am among the ralists and early members of the Or- me, even at that age, that Stan's knowl- few remaining who knew these 2 egonAudubon Society (now Portland edge of birds (and mammals) com- men well.As I reported earlier,Jewett llembers of a u.S. Biologiatl StffiE pdr\) umping in southustern Uegon. This pholo was ht was second only to my father (and furnrhed Tom ltc\llistn u'ithou! attribution or idmtifiailion. The man u,ith the dish towel isJeuelt and the mnn in lhe my father's brother) as a mentor in foreground is likell' Gabriekon. Both are watring Biologtatl Suruq) uniforms. |he indiuiclual with lhe uhite my youth. Gabrielson was the most shirt could be llule Jucobs, a Biolol1ical SuruE happer utth whom tbey traueletl in this arat. A Biologtcrtl productive man I ever knew. During Sun,q' shiekl shous on the daor of the atr, whtch is a Cbcwolet of cirat llJ I t'irtkqe. Oregon Birds 23(4): lll' Uinter 1997 pletely outstripped others associated During Audubon gatherings, Stan Stan took notice of me during the with the OregonAudubon Society. In would often bring up those conser- Malheur trip, and some months latsr fact I soon had it figured out that the vation issues for which he had very invited my father, my younger brother ornithological knowledge possessed strong opinions. William L. Finley Albert, and me to hisWest Moreland by other Society members, other than would sometimes be presentAs a boy home where we met his wife Edna, 'William L. Finley and possibly Henry I listened intently to what they had and son, Stanley G. Jewett Jr, com- M. DuBois, was limited. By this time to say. I learned that Stan was highly monly known as "Young Stan." The Ira N. Gabrielson, the only other re- respected by members of conserva- latter was an accomplished herpe- ally knowledgeable ornithologist in tion organizations, and was "guilty" of tologist by that time. The basement the Portland area,had left Oregon. getting a lot done through those or- of the home was the focus. In it were I eagedy awaited prog;rams by Stan, ganizations, a practice which is not cabinets containing hundreds if not but was often disappointed when always popular with superiors in a thousands of study skins of birds and someone else had to stand in as a sub- government agency. He and Finley mammals and shelves of scientific stitute because Stan had been called worked together on issues, among journals that included the Auk,Con- off to some interesting place, usually which was gaining public support for dor, and Murrelet.I subsequently outof-state ,on Biological Survey busi- establishment of the Hart Mountain found out that the recently skinned ness. Of course this in itself impressed NationalAntelope Refuge (Gabrielson Ross'Geese hanging over the laundry me. Other memories are of him pre- 1956>. tubs to dry after the fat had been re- siding over the compilation of Port- Despite Stan's practice of question- moved and a washing, did not repre- land Christmas Bird Count reports. ing us on observations, he was not a sent an unusual situation. As my fa- The participants would meet at a negative person.To the contrary, he ther told me a-fter the first visit, I had member's home at the end of the was perhaps the most enthusiastic, become acquainted with a real scien- count day. Stan would carefully go energetic, and dedicated biologist I tist.This was the first of many visits over all questionable reports, quizzing ever knew.