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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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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.