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November 29, 1948, Sierra Foothill area - near Stanislaus R., near Sonora Toulumne Co.
230-530 p.m. Melones R., to o. Oak-digger pine, buckbrush,toyon, manzanita, etc
W. Redtails - 3 or 4
Ferruginous Rough-legged Hawk - one immature between Knight's Ferry & Sonora - 2 pm.
Sparrow Hawk tart
Mountain Quail - 3 in chaparral near Columbia.
Killdeer - few
Flickers very common everywhere Purple Finches 1021/6
Lewis Woodpecker - a few House Finches Sacto Brown Towhees - small flocks
California Woodpecker - very few. Sacramento Spotted Towhees Nevada Savannah Sparrows
California Jays very common Junco flocks common
Robin flocks in woodlands Montane White-crowned Sparrow
Western Bluebirds exceedingly common Golden-crowned Sparrow
Water Pipits - several flocks of varying size
Audubon Warblers - few
W. Meadowlarks - few
Brewer Blackbirds
November 30, 1948, Strawberry/Beardsley Flat, Mid. Fk. Stanislaus R, Tuolumne Co.
Flicker Calif. State Hiway 108. 915-945 a.m.
Stellar Jay California Woodpeckers - a few were quite noisy
Townsend's Solitaire on the south canyon wall above
Pine Siskin Flocks the flat - few Blk Oaks in area.
Juncos blue-flocked Stellar Jays
November 30, 1948, Strawberry (C.S.H.108) to 10 miles W of Dardanelle, Tuolumne Co.
Goshawk - 1 seen 5500'-6800' elev. 1130-1230 noon.
Flicker - several
White-headed Woodpecker - just one on Jefferey Pine trunk by the road.
Stellar Jay
Pine Siskins
November 30, 1948, Niagara Creek, (C.S.H.108), 6500' elev. - 1230 noon.
Clarke Nutcracker
Mountain Chickadee, short-tailed (E.g. abbreviation)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pigmy Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Evening Grosbeak - small flock fle w over.
Pine Siskins
November 30, 1948, Phoenix Lake, just east of Sonora, Tuolumne Co. 2000'& elev.
330 p.m. scattered pine and oak woodland, grass margin. Permanent level.
Pied-billed Grebes - 15-20 seen Flicker, Monterey R.S.
Lesser Scaups - couple California Woodpecker Audubon Warblers
Fuddy Duck - 3 or 4 Black Phoebes Juncos common 1024
American Merganser F or imm. ?? California Bushptits
Coots - 24 or so California Creeper, Sierra Nevada Bruno.
Kingfisher Golden-crowned Kinglets
November 30, 1948, Pardee Reservoir, 530 p.m., Mokelumne R, Amador Co.
Blue Heron
Canada Geese - 250& at end of north arm
Western Grebe - a few10
Lesser Scaups - 25
American Goldeneyes - 3 or 4
Coots common. - 300-400 1025