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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)
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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.
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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
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