Remsen, J.V. 1976 Journal July 14 Salton Sea, Riverside Co., Calif Area: waded from end of west side dille of Whitewater River down Whitewater River to Salton Sea and then waded west to within 300 yds of a line of [illegible] telephone poles; water in river was above our shoulders at one point but for the most part, water levels were about knee level and soft mud had hard bottom one foot under soft layer. Time: 0530 - 1030 Temp: 75-90 Wind: 0 SW Observed: Steve Cardiff, Kimball Garrett, Lee Jones. Species: Fred Giebe 1000 Wilson's Phalarope Western Grebe 30 Yellow-footed Gull White Pelican 25 Ring-billed Gull Brown Pelican 15 Laughing Gull (BP ads.) Double-crested Cormorant 10 Gull-billed Tern Great Blue Heron 10 Caspin's Tern Green Heron 4 Forstain Tern Great Egret 8 Black Tern Snowy Egret 150 Black Skimmer Black-crowned Night Heron 25 Mourning Dove Least Bittern 10 Greater Roadrunner (American Bittern - 1-HG) (White-faced Ibis - 1-HG, LJ) Mallard 2 Cliff Swallow 10 N. Pintail 5 Verdin 1 (Blue-winged Teal - 1-HG) Cinnamon Teal 108 Long-billed Marsh Wren Redhead 30 Cactus Wren 1 Ruddy Duck 200 N. Mockingbird 1 Slapper Rail 3 Crissal Thrasher 1 Virginia Rail 4 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 1 Am. Coot 50 Loggerhead Shrike 1 Semipalmated Plover 1 Yellow-headed Blackbird 50 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 16 (Short-billed Dowitcher - 2-SC) Blue Grosbeak 2 Western Sandpiper 100 Abert's Towhee 3 Am. Avocet 500 Song Sparrow 10 Black-necked Stilt 25 Black Phoebe 1 July 18 Baker, San Bernardino Co., Calif. (pond): Snowy Plover 1, Killdeer 4, Spotted Sandpiper 8, Western Sandpiper 1, Tree Swallow 2 Yellow-headed Blackbird 2 Cedar Canyon: Anna's Hummingbird 1♀, Rufous Hummingbird 35, Costa's Hummingbird Golden Eagle 1, Bendire's Thrasher 1, Crissal Thrasher 1, Scott's Oriole 1, Pinyon Jay July 20 E. Mojave Desert Area: Mescale Sea (nr Hardrock Queen Sea) - overflowing tank with several medium-sized mesquite in Joshua-Juniper-Blackbrush area. Also Castle Peaks - Juniper woodland with no pinyons - NE Laqain Valley to nr. Stagecoach Sea where there is a wash with tall dense Chilopsis and tributaries with tall dense Acacia (15N-17E-25-5W) & Hart Mountain Rd to OX Ranch to Caruthers Time: 1100 - 2015 Temp: 80-95 Sky: sunny high clouds Wind: 0-10 S Species: Am. Mestrel 3 Red-shafted Flicker 3 Gambell's Quail 30 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 8 Mourning Dove 150 Western Kingbird 1 Burn Owl (Canthers) 1 Cassin's Kingbird 1 Lesser Nighthawk (OX Ranch) 1 Ash-throated Flycatcher 24 Costa's Hummingbird 6 Rough-winged Swallow 1 Rufous Hummingbird 10 Scrub Jay (Castle Peak) 1