January 4, 1949, Salinas Reservoir, San Luis Obispo Co., 8-9 a.m. 26°F. Dam 125[illegible]feet high - 100' max. drawdown. 60'[illegible]now. 6-8 mile long reservoir. Sedimentary sandstones, etc. Chaparral with scattered pines, and oaks. Dam crest 1325', and spillway crest at 1300'. 26,000 a/f. Max.pool-Apr. Fred Calkins of the Santa Margarita Ranch gave keys. Lesser Scaups Redtail Hawk White Pelican Valley Quail - several large coveys. Coots Mourning Doves Flicker and Lewis Woodpeckers very common California Woodpecker - one in nest hole in snag on east slope. Hole at 15' on the W side, or toward the slope.. Quite open area of woodland. California Jay Say's Phoebe - gave plaintive note while perched on spillway of dam. Yellow-billed Magpies - very common. Nest in top of 40' oak W. Crow. Pallid Wren-tit Robin Varied Thrush W. Bluebird California Shrikes San Diego Redwings Purple Finch flocks House Finch Green-backed Goldfinches Lawrence Goldfinch Calif Brown Towhee Western Meadowlark Ellsworth Oregon Junco Nuttall White-crowned Sparrows Golden-crowned Sparrows San Diego Song Sparrow January 4, 1949, Salinas Reservoir, San Luis Obispo Co. 2-3:30 p.m. By boat Pacific Arctic Loon - 1 Redtailed Hawk Raven Pied-billed Grebes - 20 Golden Eagle - 1 Audubon Warbler White Pelicans - 5 Southern Bald Eagles - 2 Calif Brown Towhees Farallon Cormorants - 3 Sparrow Hawks Blue Herons - 2 Coots - 650& American Egrets - 2 Killdeer ipers Pintails - 10 Spotted Sandpipers - 3 Green-winged Teal - 5 Band-tailed Pigeons Shovellers - 20 White-throated Swifts - 10 Redhead - 10 California Woodpeckers Lesser Scaups - 50-75 Lewis Woodpecker Canvasbacks - 25 Black Phoebes - 6 Ruddy Ducks - 40 Say's Phoebe - 3 American Mergansers - 30-35 California Jay Opinions of Orb Philbrick, Game Warden of Paso Robles, on Salinas Res. 1-4-49 1000-5000 waterfowl use the reservoir from August 15 to March lst. Very few geese. Mallards, wigeons, sprigs, green-winged teal, scaups, ruddies, few bufflehead, spoonbills, Amer. Mergansers, few Cans and Redheads. Grebes, Pelicans - 5-7. Mallards nest in seepage areas in the river below the dam. Maximum pool reached in April. Dew [illegible] Common