Pied-billed Grebes in river Farallon Cormorant Blue Herons American Egrets perched in trees and on river banks, in groups of 10-30 Western Canada Geese in fields (B. c. occidentalis) Also Cacklers Whistling Swans - saw 2 flocks of 150 and 85 resting and feeding on bare fields, usually freshly plowed. Snow Goose - few in fields Mallards in wet fields and around puddles. Green-winged Teal in fields Pintails - up to 5-7,000 in wet fields. Shovellers - a few in fields Turkey Vulture - a few circling over the country-side White-tailed Kite- one along Sacto river a few miles N of Sacto. Western Red-tailed Hawks common Red-beilled Hawks - 2 or 3 seen perched in cottonwoods along the river. Marsh Hawks - adult M & F and imm. f seen often. Sparrow Hawks not too common Valley Quail feeding in freshly plowed fields Pheasants feeding in freshly-plowed fields, too. Coots in ditches and fields Killdeer - few Ring-billed Gulls - a few Band-tailed Pigeons at least 300 seen in small flocks in trees and fields. Mourning Doves in open-field areas Flickers very common in/open country. California Woodpeckers here and there Say's Phoebs on low perches in open country Horned Larks in small flocks here and there Interior California Jays scattered Yellow-billed Magpies quite common, especially along the Sacto. River. Western Crows in small and large flocks Plain Titmouse - in oak woodland Slender-billed Nuthatch in grove of black-walnuts San Joaquin Bewick Wren - one in fence-row Western Mockingbird - 1 seen. Robins - common Varied Thrush - a few Western Bluebirds - a couple of small flocks Pipits - a few small flocks Cedar Waxwings - perched on wire line along river bottom. W. Meadowlarks quite common California Bicolor Redwing Blackbird small groups, near cattail growths. Brewer Blackbirds - common, with one batch of up to 25,000 in area of rice stubble California Purple Finches - flocks House Finches - 25-30 seen. Common Goldfinch - small flocks Green-backed Goldfinch Sacramento Spotted Towhees in fence-rows California Brown Towhees - a few in brush and fields, adjacent. West. Savannah Sparrows f. s. calvina Western Lark Sparrows - afew Oregon Juncos - in flocks - common Golden-crowned Sparrows - in flocks in fence-rows - common Gambel White-crowned Sparrows - in flocks in fields and along fence-rows-very common. Modesto Song Sparrows a few OVER