May 1, 1949, Natomas, Sacramento Co. 8-9 a.m. Blue Heron American Egret Rufous Hummingbird California Woodpecker - nest in [illegible]-dead, topped Eucalyptus at 35' on east side. Open area to the east. This species sensitive to horn. Willow Downy Woodpecker - nest hole at 15 feet on west side of dead alder - just straggling pieces of bark on grayish wood. Hole under slight projection, so that when adult inside pokes head out of hole, it isn't noticeable. Black Phoebe Barn Swallow California Plain Titmouse Sparrow Hawks sensitive to horn. San Joaquin Bewick Wren Hutton Vireo Western Bluebirds Yellow Warbler Long-tailed Chats - very common - several calling, and I "bantered"with one for a few minutes. Brewer Blackbirds Common Goldfinches Green-backed Goldfinches Spotted Towhees Calif. Brown Towhees May 5, 1949, Garden Hiway, Sacramento to Nicholas, Sutter Co. 745-825 a.m. Blue Heron American Egret Mallards Vulture Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-bellied Hawk Sparrow Hawk Pheasants Valley Quail Coots Killdeer Black Terns - 1st of year Mourning Doves Kingfisher Monterey Red-shafted Flicker California Woodpeckers Western Kingbirds Black Phoebe Violet-green Swallows Tree Swallows Rough-winged Swallows Barn Swallows Cliff Swallows Interior California Jay Yellow-billed Magpies W. Crows Plain Titmouse Robins California Shrike W. Meadowlark Calif. Bicolored Redwings Bullock's Oriole Brewer Blackbirds Calif. Purple Finches Common Goldfinches Sacramento Spotted Towhee Calif. Brown Towhees