Field notes, v666
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September 2, 1949, Grass Lake, Siskiyou Co. California, 5000' elev. 545 a.m. 38°F. Eared Grebe - young Canada Goose - 1 Mallards - 12 Gadwalls - 35 Pintails - 18 Cinnamon Teal - 160 Barn Swallows - 18 Black-billed Magpies - 18 - also Hebron Summit - 2 5200' elev. Mountain Bluebirds Brewer Blackbirds Modoc Song Sparrow /Stellar Jay (Blue-fronted) 1310 Sept. 2, 1949 Butte Reservoir area (Now farmed)NW of Macdoel, Siskiyou Co. Calif. 615-715 a.m. Pine bordering flats on edge of hills. Mallards - 4 Marsh Hawk Sparrow Hawk Valley Quail - 16 Pheasants Mourning Doves - 3 Dusky Horned Larks Black-billed Magpies Oregon Chickadees Western Long-billed Marsh Wren Western Robin Mountain Bluebirds Audubon Warblers - 7 W. Meadowlarks Brewer Blackbirds Common Goldfinch Green-tailed Towhee -1 Nevada Savannah Sparrow W. Lark Sparrows Modoc Song Sparrow 1311 Sept. 2, 1949, Oregon-Calif. Line, to Klama th Falls, Klamath Co. Oregon 720-735 a.m. Mallards Green-winged Teal Marsh Hawk Barn Swallow Black-billed Magpie Yellow-headed Blackbird Nevada Redwings Brewer Blackbird Common Goldfinches (at 65 m.p.h.) 1312 Sept. 2, 1949, E side, Klamath Lake, Oregon, 820-9 a.m. Holboel's Grebe Eared Grebe - 75 Western Grebes 100's Farallon Cormorants - 7 White Pelicans - 9 American Egrets - 3 Redheads - 12 Ruddy Duck - 1 Sparrow Hawk Coots - 150 Ring-billed Gulls Caspian Tern Forester Tern Mourning Dove - 1 Red-shafted Flicker Black-billed Magpies - 75 California Jays - 2 W. Meadowlarks Nevada Redwings Brewer Blackbirds 1313 September 2, 1949, Fern Ridge Reservoir, Lane Co. Oregon, 1230-1430PST Hot, with a north wind. Clear. Pied-billed Grebe Farallon Cormorant - 6 White Pelicans - 68 Blue Heron - 2 American Egret - 3 Mallards - 40 Pintails - 80 Cinnamon or Blue-winged Teals - 11 Vultures -3 Sparrow Hawk Pheasant Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper - 50 California Gull - 3 Killdeer Horned Larks Violet-green Swallows Barn Swallows Slender-bill Nuthatch Pacific Yellow-throat Common Goldfinch Oregon Spotted Towhee Brooks Savannah Sparrow Travel from old Elmira Road around E side to NE Dike and then to dam area. 1314 Sept. 2, 1949, 12-mile Swamp, Bruce Station, Benton Co. Oregon. 230-315 p.m. Very little open water. Middle & south em. Blue Heron Blue-winged or Cinnamon Teal - 4 molting birds north of west bridge. Tan color almost white, indicating they are probably Blue-wings. Barn Swallows - 75-100 - nest last reported still present, empty. Tule Wren - 1 heard - no full song, however. Brewer Blackbirds Green-backed Goldfinches Rusty Song Sparrows 1315