Palmer 1936 Itinerary 2 mi. NNE New Idria (cont'd.) Jan 28 contd. 1- Turkey Vulture - A few seen circling overhead 2 Cooper Hawk - Common ones The chaparral. Apparently had nested in the cottonwoods along the creek. 3 Western Redtailed Hawk - Seen almost every day soaring over the chaparral covered slopes south of camp. 4 Sparrow Hawk - Fairly common on fence posts + telephone lines around open fields and in cottonwoods along the creek 5 Valley Quail - Abundant in chaparral and small blueoaks at the edge of the grain fields or open land generally. 6 Killdeer - Common along the creek. 7 Mourning Dove - common everywhere. 8 Barn Owl - many around the sandstone cliffs N of camp. Commonly in potholes in the cliff, nesting there 9 Screech Owl - One young one collected. Scand out from beneath a