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August 29, 1949, Carson River Valley, near Minden, Douglas Co., Nevada. 1350PST.
Vultures common, Sparrow Hawks, Black-billed Magpies, Nevada Redwings.
Aug. 29, 1949, Lahontan Reservoir, Lyon-Churchill Co., Nevada 1400-1430PST.
Western Grebes - 50-70 Killdeer - 3
White Pelicans - 6 Western am/or Least Sandpipers
Farallon Cormorants - 25 California Gulls - 18
Mallards - 7 Ring-billed Gulls - 7
Pintails - 3 Horned Larks (Warner ?) - small flocks of 15-25 each
American Mergansers - 2
Aug. 29, 1949, Fallon-Stillwater Irrig. area, Churchill Co. Nevada, 1500-1745 PST
Glossy Ibis - 54 seen Pacific Nighthawk - 30-40 Black-billed Magpies -8-10
Sparrow Hawk Western Kingbirds Nevada Redwings - 100's
Pheasant immature Barn Swallows - small flocks
Mourning Dove - 35-40 Cliff Swallows - 5-10
Aug. 29, 1949, Stillwater Refuge (USF&WS), Churchill Co. Nevada 1745-1830PST
Snowy Egrets - 20-25 Redheads - 12 California Gull
Western Grebe - 150 Marsh Hawk Barn Swallows - 200&
Blue Heron - 2 Coots - 5,000-6,000 Yellow-headed Blackbird - 2
Farallon Cormorant - 10 Killdeer - 30-40 Nevada Redwings - 100's
White Pelicans - 40 Ruddy Duck - 2 Brewer Blackbirds - 250-300
Bitterton Wilson Phalarope - 6
Cinnamon Teal - 30-35 Caspian Tern - 75
August 30, 1949, Silver State Gun Club Marsh NW of Leetville Jct. Churchill Co.
Nevada - 1130-1140 a.m.PST
Glossy Ibis - 35-37 Blue-winged Teal - 2 Avocets - 12
Mallards - 7 Shovellers - 7 Barn Swallows - 50-100
Gadwalls - 4 Ruddy Duck- 2 Yellow-headed Blackbird -
Cimamon Teal - 8 Coots - 25 Nevada Redwings
Aug. 30, 1949, Fernley Sink, Lyon Co. Nevada, 1300-1330 PST.
Mallards - 4
Cinnamon Teal or Blue-winged Teal - 5
Green-winged Teal - 2
Snowy Plovers - 35-40 on mud flats - 1 downy young not over 1/2-2" body length.
Killdeer Northern Phalaropes - 10
Dowitcher Mourning Doves - 2
Western Sandpipers - 10-12 Western Kingbirds - 2
Avocets - 6 Barn Swallows -
Aug. 30, 1949, Humboldt Sink Outlet, N. Churchill Co. Nevada - 1445-1500PST.
Snowy Egret - 6 Cinnamon Teal - 4 Stagnant, clear, rich waters.
Mallards - 10 Coots - 3
Pintails - 60-65 Say Phoebe
Gray Flycatcher (E. griseus) - in dry wash on greasewood on south end of Humboldt Range
Horned Larks (Warner ?) - 3 Ravens - 2
Aug. 30, 1949, Graveyard Slough, U.S. 40, SW of Lovelock, Pershing Co. Nevada - 1800PST
Pied-billed Grebe - 1 Cinamon Teal - 2 Pacific Nighthawk - 3
Snowy Egret - 3 Marsh Hawks - 2 Barn Swallows - 30-35
Pintail - 3 Mourning Dove - 2