M.F. Smith 1977 JOURNAL Lagehen Creek, Sierra Co., Calif. June 3 Left Berkeley at 6:15 pm on Ornithology class field trip to Lagehen and Nevada. Starting mileage 89849.7 Arrived at Lagehen at (90021.6) about 10:30 pm and waited for all the cars, then drove on one mile to a forest service campground. Clear and fairly warm night. June 4 Got up at ~6 am and ate breakfast. Hiked across the creek in meadow areas and hillside with white fir and red fir, saw Yellow Warblers, Mountain Chickadees, nest of Flicker, and Red Crossbills. Went back and packed up and drove to station and hiked around there. Marty Raphael showed us a nest of a Black-backed Three-toed Woodpecker. The male was incubating and the female was in the area. These are fairly rare birds. Worked more on distinguishing between Dusky and Hammond Flycatchers by song. Also saw White-headed Woodpeckers. Ate lunch and left at about 12:30 pm. Stopped along the road after Fernley to look at a Swainson Hawk. Stopped along the road after Hagen on ALT Hwy 95 to see marsh birds: Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Coot with young. On the other side of the freeway in more open water saw Avocets, some nesting, Black-necked Stilts, Wilson's Phalaropes, Reddy Ducks and young, Redheads and young. In another pond saw Blue-winged Teal, which are