Field notes, v666
Page 308
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November 6, 1948 Cooper Hawk - 1 Spurrow Hawk - 2 Hickory - 3 California Woodpecker - 3 Red-tailed Hawk - 8 California Lark Sparrow - 1 Yellow-billed Magpie - 4 Sparrow - 33 Western Jackrabbit - 106 House Finches - 150 in mixed flock with Purple Finches - 150 Green-backed Goldfinches - 275-300 of them Dark-eyed Juncos - 33 November 6, 1948. Tone-Avon Co. Northern Flicker - 3 California Lark Sparrow - 1 Yellow-billed Magpie - 16 California Bushtit - 25 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 5 Chipping Sparrow - 23 House Wren - 20 California Brown Towhee - 4 Spurrow - 75 Jack Sparrow - 18 Junco - 7 November 6, 1948. Purdue Res. Plac-dilled Grape - 6 Parson Cormorant - 3 Yankee Doodle - not over 100 to 200 on north wing Duckling - flying away from cornfield Coots - 10 or so seen Killdeer - several Hickory Blackbird (species?) - 5 Gulls like chickadees California Lark Sparrow - 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Spurrow - 1 November 6, 1948. Purdue Res. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 Warbler - 8 Purple Finch - very common on wire lines Green-backed Goldfinch - 10-20 birds on wire lines and feeding chaparral Two problem areas in line of sight: A hill comes in with a large bunch of Green-backed Goldfinches, and some of them come to a small pine tree just feet in front of the car. Heavy cloud cover. A second area is where a small group of White-throated Sparrows feed on the ground near the road. They are very common.