Palmer 1936 Itinerary Butts Ranch, San Benito Co. (Contd.) June 7 cont'd. A list of birds as seen in this locality from May 25 to date is as follows: 1. California Condor - none seen. Reported by Butts as being seen infrequently "farther back in the hills." 2. Buzzard - Been nearly every day circling overhead. Usually only 1, 2, or 3 together. 3. Sharp-shinned Hawk - Several seen, usually flying low over the chaparral or higher over the valley. 4. Cooper Hawk - Seen nearly every day, but usually only one or 2 per day. Usually flying low over the brush or through the treetops in the live oaks or less commonly the blue oaks. 5. Red-tailed Hawk - Rather common. Several pairs were nesting around the ranch. Nests were all in Digger Pines 30-50 ft. from the ground. 6. Sparrow Hawk - A few seen. Almost all seen were flying over in pursuit of some larger hawk. A few seen perched in Valley Oaks. 7. Calif. Quail - Fairly common in chaparral and grain fields. Small downy young seen about May 31. Nest found June 1.