Field notes, v666
Page 309
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Camp Sero Pond Nov. 6, 1948, Pardee Reser. to Calaveras Res. 8 mi. distance. Oak woodland. 10-1030 a.m. Mallards - 50 Baldpates 500 Pintails - 250 Lesser Scaups - 50 Coots Killdeer Flicker California Interior Jay American Pipits W. Meadowlark Brewer Blackbird Green-backed Goldfinch Lawrence Goldfinch Junco 998 Nov. 6, 1948, Hogan (Calaveras) Reservoir. Calaveras Co. 1030-130 p.m. Pied-billed Grebe Farallon Cormorant Great Blue Heron Lesser Canada Geese - 800. 2 with white wing primaries Cackling Geese Mallards Baldpates Wood Duck - 1 M Redtail Hawk - w American Roughlegged Hawk Golden Eagle Sparrow Hawk - several Valley Quail - 2 coveys located Coots - 150-200 Killdeer Kingfisher - 1 Flicker California Woodpecker Say's Phoebe - 1 perched in top of live oak at edge or reservoir Black Phoebe California Interior Jay California Bush-tits California Plain Titmouse Canyon Wrens - 3 or 4 in rock rubble at base of dam, and adjacent slope. W. Bluebirds -> Ruby-crowned Kinglets Cedar Waxwings - just a couple California Shrike - Audubon Warbler - 2 W. Meadowlark Brewer Blackbirds California Purple Finches Sacramento Brown Tohee Lark Sparrows Junco Montane White-crowned Sparrow 999 Nov. 6, 1948, Valley Springs, Calaveras Co. 3 p.m. California Woodpeckers - watched 2 of them 100' apart, catching insects awing. 999 Nov. 6, 1948, 330-4 p.m. Clay-Sheldon, Sacto. Co. Calif. W. Redtail Hawk Marsh Hawk, 1 F, 2 M Sparrow Hawk Say's Phoebe in open country California Shrike W. Meadowlark - one flock of 75-100 birds kept ahead of the car at 35 mph. Lark Sparrows - common. 1000