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March 27, 1949, Folsom Dam Site, westside, Sacramento Co. 1430-1700.
Vultures
Clear, warm, calm.
W. Red-tailed Hawks
Cooper Hawk
Sparrow Hawk
Valley Quail - about 3 small coveys
Ring-necked Pheasants
California Woodpeckers - paired, and hanging about tall digger pines.
Willow Downy Woodpeckers
Black Phoebes
Tree Swallows
California Plain Titmouse
Pallid Wren-tit
San Joaquin Bewick Wren
Canyon Wren - in tumbled boulder canyon above dam site.
Rdins
Western Bluebirds - paired up, and around digger pines.
Cassin Vireo - one feeding in live oak.
Lutescent Warbler
Audubon Warblers very common all over the area.
W. Meadowlarks
Evening Grosbeaks - 4 flew over low, calling
Green-backed Goldfinch
Sacramento Spotted Towhee paired and in territories
Sacramento Brown Towhee
Nuttall White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrows
Modesto Song Sparrows.
March 30, 1949, Garden Hiway from Sacto-Sutter Co. line to 1 1/2 mile nor th. 1030-1035.
Mallard on flood pood Short-billed Gulls in field Int. Calif. Jay
Vultures Monterey Red-shafted Flicker Yel-billed Magpies
Sharp-shinned Hawk Violet-green Swallows W. Crows
Red-bellied Hawk - pair Tree Swallows W. Robins
Sparrow Hawk Barn Swallows W. Bluebirds
Audubon Warblers Sacto. Spotted Towhees.
March 30, 1949, Chico-Oroville, Butte Co.1430Q1500. Grassy hills. Little brush.
Common Egrets Vultures Barn Swallows
Whistling Swans - 3 in field pond. W. Meadowlark
Marsh Hawk Calif. Bicolor Redwings
Yellow-legs
Band-tailed Pigeons
March 30, 1949, Morris Ravine Reservoir, 1530, Butte Co.
9 Mallards on about 5 acres of water. Also 1 pair Lesser Scaups.
Mr. Perkins, near Cannon Res., Butte Co. tells me that much use is made
of the area in winter by ducks, geese, and swans. Mallards and
wood ducks nest in the area.
March 30, 1949, Yankee Hill, Butte Co. 1815. Oak woodland,(digger pine, too).
Pheasants - 2 cocks in small meadow area near creek. Surprising to see them here
at elevation of about 1400 feet.