June 24, 1949, Austin, Lander Co.-lst Irrigation area, N. of Carson Lake, Churchill Co. Nevada - 0715-0930. Mostly desert scrub and alkali flats. Ranges without timber, except for Desatoya Range. Campbell Creek along hiway 50, there. Vulture Pacific Nighthawk Rock Wren Red-tailed Hawk Desert Horned Lark - many Robin Swainson Hawks Blue-fronted Stellar Jay - 2 Brewer Blackbird Killdeer Woodhouse Calif. or Florida Jay - sev. Lark Sparrow Chipping Sparrow. 1238 June 24, 1949, Fallon and Stillwater Irrigation areas, etc. Churchill Co. Nevada. 0930-1400 PST Western Grebe Mourning Doves Eared Grebe Red-winged Flicker White Pelicans Western Kingbirds - nest at duck Farallon Cormorants club had 4 eggs, now 2. Blue Heron Rough-winged Swallow American Egret - 2 Barn Swallow Snowy Egrets - many Cliff Swallow Bittern - 2 Robin Black-crowned Night Heron Nevada Shrike White-faced Glossy Ibis -first ones seen - 75-100 in marshy field5& miles S of Fallon. On ground, and flying. About 250 others seen in area. Mallards Meadowlark Pintails English Sparrow Blue-winged Teal Yellow-headed Blackbird Cinnamon Teal Nevada Redwings Green-winged Teal - 1 pair Brewer Blackbirds Redheads Bullock Oriole Ruddy Ducks House Finch Marsh Hawks Nevada Savannah Sparrows Sparrow Hawks Valley Quails Coots callinules -3, I think - but at distance ?? Killdeer Wilson Phalaropes Black-necked Stilts - dozens Avocets - very few Caspian Tern colqny on Stillwater Res. 1239 June 24, 1949, Lahontan Reservoir, Churchill Co. Nevada. 1415-1425. Nearly full. Western Grebes Killdeer Ring-billed Gulls Western Kingbirds Cliff Swallows 1240