Field notes, v666
Page 553
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August 20, 1949, Lithia Park, Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon 1230-1700. Calm, cool. Band-tailed Pigeons - few in Lithia Park valley. Pacific Nighthawks - 5 or 6 seen late in p.m. with Swifts Vaux Swifts - 40-45 over park late in p.m. Rufous Hummingbirds several - 2 fighting and diving Monterey Red-shafted Flicker - 2 seen Modoc Hairy Woodpecker - 1 working black oak snag near yellow pine forest. Blue-fronted Stellar Jay - several - scolding all p.m. Robins Western Tanagers - females/and/or immatures common in park and hillside brush. some feeding on manzanite berries. Pine Siskins in pines, spruce, and fir of park and nearby hills August 27, 1949, American R., S. Fk, El Dorado Co. 8-11 a.m. to Mosquito, Garden Valley and Coloma. Through yellow pine, cedar, blk. oak, and lower. Sparrow Hawks - dipped when I hanked the horn. Valley Quail below 1800' Mountain Quail - several pair seen in brush and forests above 2200'. Mourning Doves - 10-15 seen Monterey Red-shafted Flicker - 2 or 3 at Coloma California Woodpeckers in all of area. Interior Calif. Jays Plain Titmice Pallid Wren-tit calling - partial call Cassin Vireo in /live/ black oak. Purple Finches/ House Finches-mixed large flocks Green-backed Goldfinches, flocks with a few Lawrence Goldfinches Sacramento Brown Towhee Dark Sparrows - many in grass areas above 2000' elev. On ground and in trees.