Field notes, v1541
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38 2-16-73 Grava'th Dr + Berkeley to Los Banes Band-tailed Pigeon Speared Hawk Mourning Dove Horned- Annals Hummingbird Western Meadowlarn Scrub Jay Red-winged Blackbird Chestnut-baekled Chickadee Brewers Blackbird Wrentit California Thrasher House Finch Rufous-sided Towhee Brown Towhee Oregon Junco Golden-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow 1400-1800 clear, calm, warm 2-17-73 Salton Sea area: Garvey Rd, Halse Springs, Hwy 86 Calipatria, Red Hill Landing, Salton Sea NWR, roads 0715-0930 Dr. Lawrence C. Binford Fared Grebe 1000 Bonnie Bowen Red-billed Grebe 8 Craig Curley White Pelican ** 25 Great Blue Heron 5 Cattle Egret ** 315 Common Egret 2 Snowy Egret 2 Black-crowned Night Heron 1 American Bittern 1 White-faced Ibis 20 Canada Goose 400 White-fronted Goose 30 Snow Goose 3500- Salton Sea NWR Ross' Goose 5- with Snows for comparison- smaller, shorter bill; smaller more rounded head; no grin Pintail 25,000- 30,000 one flocn SaltonNWR - counted by 1000 s after counting up to 1000 by 100s- Green-winged Teal 4 spectacular dense flock Cinnamon Teal 5 AmericanWidgeon 2 Shoveler 500 Scaup (sp) 2 Ruddy Duck 20 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Ferruginous Hawk 1- ad f 1 mi. w.of westmoreland on Hwy 86 - adult with V-faltem legs, pale tale, Marsh Hawk 1019 Completely white underwings Sparrow Hawk 11 Sora 4-h.o. Common Gallinule 2 American Coot 1000 Killdeer 95