March 19, 1949 Yolo By-pass, Yolo County, just W of Sacramento. 715-720 a.m. RW- White-Pelicans - 35 Blue Heron - 5 American Egrets - 75 Canada Geese ssp - 4-5,000 White-fronted Geese - 2,000 Baldpates - 8,000 Pintails - 800 Coots - 5,000 Ring-billed Gulls - 50 Fred G. Evenden, Jr. The by-pass waters have flooded much grain-land, and the ducks and geese are making the most of it. 1103 March 19, 1949 - California State Hiway 48, NW of Vallejo, Solano Co. 0825-0830. Horned Grebe Pied-billed Grebes Blue Heron American Egrets Shovellers Canvasbacks - common Ruddy ducks Marsh Hawk M Coots Black-bellied Ploves - 4 seen. Hudsonian Curlews Long-billed Curlews - Willetts Western Sandpipers Red-backed Sandpipers Least Sandpipers Avocets - feeding with side-swipe forward motion. Western Crows Suisun Long-billed Marsh Wrens San Francisco Red-winged Blackbird Brewer Blackbirds Samuels Song Sparrow - M. m. samuelis RW- 50vc. The north shore of San Pablo Bay south of route 48 was literally black with shorebirds, but they were so far from me that their identity could not be determined. Probably much the same composition as those seen near Vallejo 1104 March 19, 1949 Just east of Petaluma Creek, Sonoma C//county, 855 a.m. RW- 10 Brkn. 1 Barn Swallow - the first of the year (Tree, Violet-green, and Cliffs already seen). March 19, 1949 Black Point, Marin Co. to Novato, Marin Co. 0855-0900. American Egrets Canvasbacks Lesser Scaups Ruddy ducks Sparrow Hawks Coots Barn Swallows Western Crows Western Meadowlarks San Francisco Redwings Calif. Purple Finches Common Goldinches. Grain fields, rolling hills with scattered live and blue oaks, and many flooded fields and swales. 1105 March 19, 1949, Novato to Pt. Reyes Station, Marin Co., 0920-0950. Mallards Vultures Sparrow Hawks Valley Quail - 7 Rufous Hummingbird - 3 seen - first of year. Monterey Red-shafted Flicker Black Phoebe Northwestern California Jay Ravens Western Crows W. Meadowlarks San Francisco Redwings Brewer Blackbirds, San Fran. Spotted Towhee Nuttall's White-crowned Sparrows Puget Sound White-crowned Sparrows 1106