MCFADDEN'S SWAMP. 14 miles south of CORVALLIS. BENTON CO.. ORE. January 24, 1949, Fresno-Stratford, Kings County, California. 1230-1 p.m. Extensive agric. development, little natural vegetation - barren. Red-tailed Hawk Marsh Hawk Male Sparrow Hawk Pipits very common California Shrike - common W. Meadowlark Brewer Blackbird Purple Finches in small flocks Gambella White-crowned Sparrows January 24, 1949, Tulare"Lake", and vicinity - 130-245 p.m. Clear, NE 5-15 Drained lake, irrigated grains and cotton. Cool California Blue Herons American Egrets common Cackling Geese - about 150-200 present in flooded grainfield area. Mallaras - a few Baldpates - a few Pintails - estimated well over 10,000 of them, M & F Green-winged Teal - a few Cinnamon Teal - a couple of full males, and others Shovellers - M & F - about 50 seen. Lesser Scaups - 15-20 Ruddy Ducks - 30-35 Sharp-shinned Hawks Red-tailed Hawks Swainson's Hawks Marsh Hawks Gray Digger Duck Hawk Cambarus sp - dead in podl. Sparrow Hawk Black Ballinule - very few American Coots - very common Killdeers Yellow-legs Western Sandpipers - Least Sandpipers Avocets - 5 or 6 Ring-billed Gulls - a few Flickers - a few Black Phoebe - 3 seen Violet-green Swallows - about 20 seen Tree Swallows - well over 100 seen along ditches Ravens - several pairs W. Crows - a few California Shrikes Audubon Warblers - 50& in willow growths and on ground along ditches. Redwings Lark Sparrows - 3 or 4 Gambella White-crowned Sparrows Hermann Song Sparrows along ditches January 24, 1949, Kettleman City-Lost Hills - very bare, sandy rolling hills. 1050 Sparrow Hawk Burrowing Owl, California Horned Larks, Pipits, Shrikes.