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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.