Field notes, v666
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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