Field notes, v666
Page 307
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November 6, 1948, Jct. State Hiway 16 w/Ione Road to Ione, Amador County. 830-845 a.m. 12 miles distance Cooper Hawk - 1 Sparrow Hawk - 4 Flicker - 3 California Woodpecker - 3 Horned Larks - 9 California Interior Jay - 1 Yellow-billed Magpie - 4 W. Crows - 22 W. Meadowlarks - 100& House Finches - 150 in mixed flock with Purple Finches - 150 Green-backed Goldfinches - 275-300 of them. Lark Sparrows - 37 Nov. 6, 1948, Ione-Amador Co., to Pardee Reservoir, Amador-Calaveras Co. Mourning Doves - 3 Chaparral & Oak woodland. 9 miles distance California Interior Jay - 18 Yellow-billed Magpies - 15 California Bush-tits - 25 Pallid Wren-tit - 3 W. Bluebirds - 38 W. Meadowlarks - 50 California Brown Towhee - 4 Nevada Savannah Sparrow - 75 Lark Sparrow - 18 Junco - 7 November 6, 1948, Pardee Res., Amador-Calaveras Co., 9430 a.m. Pied-billed Grebe - 3 Farallon Cormorant - 2 Waterfowl - not over 250 of all types on north wing. Too far away to identify? Valley Quail - covey of 22& Coots - 10 or so seen Killdeer - several Flicker Sierra Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 working Digger Pine Black Phoebe - 2 Plain Titmouse - one very curious. Calls like chickadee California Interior Jay Pallid Wren-tit - calling San Joaquin Bewick Wren - Robin - just 1 W. Bluebirds very common - adults and immatures on wirelines, and rock outcrops. Ruby-crowned Kinglets - 2 in pine Audubon Warbler - 2 working cottonwood House Finch - few Purple Finch - very common one/ wire lines Green-backed Goldfinch - flock of 150-200 birds on wire lines and feeding chaparral. Lawrence Goldfinch - a new life-lister !! A half dozen in with a huge flock of Green-backed Goldfinches, and some of them came to a small rian puddle just 5 feet in front of the car. All were very wary. A grayish body, with black face and throat on the male. Heavy gold wing bars. Olive-gold breast. SacramentoBrown Towhee - severan in chaparral brush, and on rock outcrops. Bell's Sparrow - Very small sparrow. Two prominent streaks on sides of white throat. Heavy brown [illegible] patch on breast. Head sooty; wings ruddy. In open rock and chaparral area just below south skirt of dam in toyon, buckeye, and Adenostoma. Full species???? Mountain Whitecrowned Sparrow - small flock Golden-crowned Sparrows - in chaparral and on rock outcrops.