Remsen, J.V. 1975 Journal Dec. 25 Bufflehead 20 Brown Creeper 4 Surf Scoter 80 Wrentit 3 Ruddy Duck 80 Winter Wren 1 Red-breasted Merganser 7 Gowick's Wren 1 Am. Mestrel 1 Long-billed Marsh Wren 2 Am. Coot 70 N. Mockingbird 1 Killdeer 4 Am. Robin 8 Black-bellied Plover 3 Hermit Thrush 3 Ruddy Turnstone 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 20 Black Turnstone 50 Water Pipit 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Cedar Waxwing 15 Willet 8 Fam. Hutton's Vireo 1 Sanderling 20 Myrtle Warbler 15 Glaucous-winged Gull 12 Audubon's Warbler 6 Western Gull 100 Townsend's Warbler 8 Herring Gull 4 Con. Yellowthroat 8 Thayer's Gull 6 W. Meadowlark 1 California Gull 700 Brewer's Blackbird 6 Ring-billed Gull 75 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Mew Gull 80 House Finch 4 Bonaparte's Gull 4 Purple Finch 7 Forster's Tern 1 Pine Siskin 1 Pigeon Guillemot 1 Am. Goldfinch 4 Rock Dove 4 Rufous-sided Towhee 1 Mourning Dove 4 Brown Towhee 12 Annas Hummingbird 12 White-crowned Sparrow 30 Belted Kingfisher 1 Golden-crowned Sparrow 12 Red-shafted Flicker 2 Fox Sparrow 6 Downy Woodpecker 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 Black Phoebe 2 Song Sparrow 12 Cape's Flycatcher 1 Scrub Jay 4 Common Crow 1 Chestnat-backed Chickadee 25 Plain Titmouse 1 Pygmy Nuthatch 5 + Carmel River mouth: Oliveaceous Flycatcher 1 + Monterey harbor: Oldsquaw 1 Dec. 28 Victoria Island, San Joaquin Co., Calif Area: Victoria Island and vicinity; also e. Stanislaus C., between Farmington and Escalon Time: 0915-1130, Temp: 55-60 SKY: clear, hazy Wind: O Species: Great Blue Heron 1 Canvasback 200 Snowy Egret 4 Ruddy Duck 300 Am. Bittern 1 White-tailed Kite 8 Whistling Swan 3200 Red-tailed Hawk 8 White-fronted Goose 100 N. Marsh Harrier 5 Snow Goose 5 Am. Kestrel 20 N. Pintail 30,000 Virginia Rail 1