May 5, 1949, Oroville-Chico Road, Butte Co. 230-3 p.m. Dry hill pasture area. Mourning Doves - / 2 pair/road mile Western Kingibirds Black Phoebe Horned Larks common May 5, 1949, Marshy pond along the Cherokee-Oroville Road, near Cherokee, 5 p.m. Pied-billed Grebe American Egrets Mallaras - 3 pair Vultures Killdeer - 2 pair Western Kingibrds - 1 pair W. Crows W. Bluebirds W. Meadowlarks Calif. Bicolor Redwings - 6 pair Brewer Blackbirus Calif. Purple Finches May 6, 1949, North of Oroville, Butte Co. 6 a.m. Calm, warm, clear. Black Phoebe - fresh nest in culvert under road Say Phoebe Interior Calif. Jay Phainopeplas Long-tailed Chats W. Meadowlarks Bullock's Oriole Brewer Blackbird Brown Towhees May /4 6, 1949, Oroville east to Lake Wyandotte, Butte Co. 0700-0720 California Woodpeckers - 5 adults on top of one telephone pole Phainopepla in live oak Black-headed Grosbeak singing May 6, 1949, Lake Wyandotte, Butte Co., E of Oroville. Green Heron Ruddy Duck - 1 female Osprey Calif. Woodpecker Western Kingbird California Interior Jay Cassin Vireo Yellow Warbler Audubon Warbler Calif. Bicolor Redwing Brown Towhee May 6, 1949, SE of Trowbridge, Sutter Co., 330 p.m. Black-necked Stilts - pairs feeding in flooded rice paddies Black Terns - 3-400 over one 50-acre chunk of rice paddies that were flooded.