Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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March 13, 1949, Flooded fields SE of Del Paso RR siding, near Rio Linda, Sacto Co.
1425-1455, -ΓΈ/ calm, warm.
A waterfowl concentration in this flooded field area just east of the RR tracks.
About 1500-1600 ducks present, along with coots, etc.
Pied-billed Grebe - 5
Blue Heron - 1
American Egrets - 4
Mallards - 225
Baldepates - 400
Pintails - 75
Cinnamon Teal - 50
Shovellers - 36
Canvasbacks - 350
Lesser Scaups - 290
Ruddy Ducks - 180
Vulture - 2
Marsh Hawks - 3
Sparrow Hawk - 2
Coots - 850
Tree Swallows - 7
Yellow-billed Magpie - 1
Western Crows - 29
Western Mockingbird - 1
Audubon Warblers - 15
Western Meadowlarks - 30-40
Calif. Purple Finches - 4