July 23, 1949, Yolo By-pass, Yolo Co., W of Sacto. 730-740 a.m. American Egrets - 100's in area, flying in from north area. Forster Tern - 25-30 seen over rice and milo fields California Bicolor Redwings Brewer Blackbirds July 23, 1949, Napa River Estuaries and marshes N of San Pablo Bay, W of Vallejo. 830-930 a.m. White Pelicans - 200-350 seen in ponds, and on the river and in the bay. Farallon Cormorants - few seen. Blue Heron - a couple American Egrets Snowy Egrets Mallards - few Pintails - scattered flocks - no full males Canvasbacks - few at mouth of Petaluma Creek Ruddy Ducks - few Avocets - 4 seen Western Gulls Common Gull/Terns Black Terns Barn Swallows. Cliff Swallows Vultures - 20-25 over marsh areas. Marsh Hawks - 3 or 4 Hudsonian Curlews - few Long-billed Curlews - 3 to 1 of Huds. Willetts - many (180-200) Dowitchers - few (40-45) Marbled Godwits - 5-10 Least Sandpipers - 1000's Western Sandpipers - 1000's Suisun Long-billed Marsh Wren House Finch young - yel-orange wash on belly. Low bush at edge of marsh area. Common Goldfinches Samuels Song Sparrow (M.m.samuelis) July 23, 1949, Bay Shore Drive - Richmond-Oakland, 1200-1250. Windy and foggy. American Egret Black-bellied Plovers - 2 in molting or juvenile plumage Willetts very common Godwits - very few Dowitcher s - few Least Sandpipers - 1000's Red-backed Sandpipers - 14 seen Western Sandpipers - 1000's California Gulls Western Gull Ring-billed Gull Forster Terns Common Terns S. F. Redwings Calif. Purple Finches Alameda Song Sp. July 23, 1949, Lake Merced and Laguna de Merced, SW San Francisco, 1330-1415 Very strong wind, and foggy, visibility 1/4-mile. Pied-billed Grebe Valley Quail Coots Western Gulls California Gull Mourning Doves in waste fields Barn Swallows Cliff Swallows Calif. Titmouse Tule Wren Robin golden-crowned Kinglets Pacific Yellow-throat English Sparrows Brewer Blackbirds Calif. Purple Finch S.F.Brown Towhee Oregon Juncos Nuttall Wh.crn. Sparrow July 23, 1949, Seal Rocks, Cliff House, San Francisco 1730. 1/8 mi. visibility. Brown Pelicans - 4 seen on rocks Farallon Cormorants Heerman Gulls - 45-48 on lee of rocks Western Gulls Herring Gulls - 3 seen English Sparrows Brewer Blackbirds. Strong Wings July 23, 1949, Stow Lake, Golden Gate Nat. Hist. Park, San Francisco, 630 p.m. Pied-billed Grebe - 1/2-downy young Mallards Canvasback Valley Quail House Finch Coots Olive-sided Flyc.