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November 25, 1948, Oroville Dam site, on Feather R. above Oroville (Sec 1,T19N,R4E)
1030 a.m. Butte County, 350' elev. Digger-pine, oak, manzanita area.
Band-tailed Pigeons - 6 flying up the river
Flicker, Monterey R.S.
Interior California Jays
Sacramento Brown Towhee
Sacramento Spotted Towhee
Nov. 25, 1948, Jarbo Gap Summit, 2400', 11 a.m. PDST, Butte Co.
D. Fir, Madrone, Yellow pine area.
W.Red-tailed Hawk
Mountain Quail covey
Band-tailed Pigeons
Flicker, Monterey R.S.
California Woodpecker
Stellar Jay Blue-fronted
Hermit Thrush Dwarf.
Nov. 25, 1948, Pulga to Brush Creek, Butte Co. up to 3500'. 1115-1300 PDST
D. Fir, White Fir, White Pine, Sugar Pine, Black Oak, Tanbark Oak, Yel. Pine area
Lewis Woodpeckers working semi-open areas on dead pines and firs.
Modoc Harris Woodpecker (9. v. arida)
Stellar Jay, Blue-fronted
Varied Thrushes very common
Ruby-crowned Kinglets common
Golden-crowned Kinglets - uncommon
Nov. 25, 1948, Madrone Reservoir, Butte Co., 1975' elev. 1430 PDST. Fir & oak.
Permanent level, evidently, with cattail and tule growth at margins. Forests
and brush adjacent to water in reservoir. Deep water. On Berry Creek.
Pied-billed Grebe - 2
Lesser Scaups - M & F - 60
Canvasbacks - adults, F, M, and immatures - 25-30
Ruddy Ducks - 2M & 2F -
Coots - 25
Western Bluebirds
Ruby-crowned Kinglets
Junco flocks of them.
Fox Sparrow - 2 (tyeomita?)
Nov. 25, 1948, Berry Creek Sta., N. Fork, Feather R., Butte Co., 692' elev.
Mountain Quail - covey of 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglets
Nov. 25, 1948, Bidwell Bar, S. Fork, Feather R., Butte Co., 300' elev. 4 p.m.
Flicker, Monterey R.S.
Interior California Jay above
Dipper - a pair below the new hiway bridge, in area of cascades.
Modoc Song Sparrows.
Nov. 25, 1948, Lake Wyandotte, Butte Co., 1400' elev. 5 p.m. Oak scrub + thinned
Fluctuating water level.
Lesser Scaups - 15 Kingfisher Pallid Wren-tit
Ruddy Ducks - 2 Flicker, Monterey R.S. W. Bluebirds
Redtailed Hawk Black Phoebes Ruby-crowned Kinglets
Killdeer - 10 Interior California Jay Sacramento Spotted Towhee
W.Lark Sparrow - one dead in pile of rocks
by the reservoir.
Nov. 25, 1948, N. of Honcut, Butte Co, 6 p.m.
Yellow-billed Magpies - flock of well over 100 on the ground of freshly-plowed field.