Paul DeBenedetti 1961 15 July Berkeley to Arcata, Calif. Left Berkeley @ 1.01 ? Zhr. Went straight to Russian River. At Santa Rosa saw a ? Sparrow hawk (this type). Stopped for 1/2 hour at Squaw Rock near Hopland. Here large numbers of cliff swallows, nesting on the rocks. Saw a sandpiper fly down the river. Elvey scared two sparrows (Song or Fox?) from a brush pile. I'm madstones took us across the river & few black phoebes. A turkey vulture net later, 3 red-tail hawks flew above, the hawks feeding. 4 Turkey Vultures about 5 mile from Ukiah. P.O.R. Jack Rabbit little further down, didn't stop through. 712 13.6 miles. South limit Ukiah. Vulture on summit beyond Ukiah. 71297.8-Humbolt Co. Line (Cooks Valley) 71323.0 Stopped in Redwoods. Groot some polypores with bottles on hemel branch. Heard chickadees & finch/lids. 71325.8-Elk Creek. Stopped at Mad River Slough near Arcata. Many birds here, especially on the mud flats. Most abundant were a small sandpiper (white wing tip spotted, dark necked, fairly long [head length] black bill, black legs, brown, white belly), Western End-paper. Also noted long-billed Curlews, Marbled Godwits, Willets, a dove? Kheu, Killdeer, semipalmated plovers, Caspian tern, egrets, Gulls, house sparrows, crows, and #? gorse/l? chickens, many). Also seen on mud flats. Great blue heron. Many vultures in areas here also. Barn Swallow at Orick