January 2, 1948/9, Elk Grove, Sacramento Co., California, 10 a.m. Redtailed Hawk Swainson Hawk Marsh Hawk Sparrow Hawk Coots Killdeer Yellow-billed Magpies Western Crow W. Mockingbird Robin Pipits W. Meadowlark Brewer Blackbirds Green-backed Goldfinches Savannah Sparrows 1032 January 2, 1949, Alum Rock Canyon and Reservoir, NE of San Jose, Santa Clara Co. Steep-walled, chaparral and bare canyon. Stevens Creek 130-4 p.m. Reservoir of about 20 acres, 8' drawdown this date. No vegetation in flood area. Blue Heron Lesser Canada Geese - 31 Mallards - 25 Baldpates - 2 Green-winged Teal - 9 Shovellers - 4 Rehheads - Ring-billed Ducks - 4 Canvasbacks - 10 Buffleheads - 10-15 Ruddy Ducks - 40-50 American Mergansers - 35&. Red-tailed Hawks chasing (8 hawks) Golden Eagles - ? 4 Coots Killdeer Least Sandpipers - 8 Band-tailed Pigeons - 2 flocks of 30& Mourning Doves White-throated Swifts - 3 in canyon! Flicker, Monterey R. &. California Woodpeckers common Black Phoebe Stellar Jay Plain Titmouse Slender-billed Nuthatch Robin Varied Thrush in denser chaparral Western Bluebirds Spotted Towhees Brown Towhee Junco, Point Pine Puget White-crowned Sparrow Song Sparrow Quercus agrifolia Quercus douglasii Quercus dumosa Photinia arbutifolia Quercus kelloggii Rhamnus californicum Pinus muricata Rhus diversiloba Phoradendron villosum Artemisia sp. Gold-backed Fern 1033 Black-tailed 17/deer seen in 2 miles of hiking. Opossum - 1 found dead Coyote - fresh scat Gray Fox Bobcats common Raccoons common Silver Grey Squirrels Pocket gophers Grey Diggers H. regilla R. a. draytonii B. a. attenuatus