Field notes, v667
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January 31, 1950, Farmington Res. Area, San Joaquin-Stanislaus Co. Calif. 915-930 a.m. American Egret Marsh Hawk F Sparrow Hawk Ballinule - 5 at Eugene Coots - 4 at Oakdale Jct. Killdeer Black Phoebe Pipits common Calif. Shrike English Spar rows Meadowlarks Bicolor Redwings Brewer Blackbirds Common Goldfinches Vesper Sparrows - dozens Lark Sparrows - dozens Modesto Song Sparrows Jan. 31, 1950, Woodward Reservoir Area, NE Stanislaus Co. Calif. 7 930-1015 a.m. Pied-billed Grebe -2 Blue Heron -4 Common Canada Goose - 21 Ducks totalled about 16,000 Mallards - 25% - 4,000 Gadwall Baldpate - 10% 1,600 Pintail - 60% 9,600 Green-winged Teal - 250 Shoveller - 350 Redheads-40 Canvasbacks-180 American Mergansers -25 Red-tailed Hawk Marsh Hawk Sparrow Hawk Coots-300 Killdeer California Gulls Ring-biled Gulls Mourning Doves - 2 Say Phoebe Warner Horned Lark Calif. S hrike W. Meadowlark Calif. Bicolor Redwings Brewer Blackbird - 2500 in 1 flock House Finch Grasshopper Sparrow - several Vesper Sparrow - large flocks along fences in grasslands, particularly moist areas. Lark Sparrows - common Gambel White-crowned Sparrow Jan. 31, 1950, Eugene, S tanislaus Co - Milton, Calaveras Co., Calif. 1025-1045 PST. Red-tailed Hawks' - saw at least 5 o n fence posts in this rolling grassland area. Mourning Doves - 1 flock of 27 on open hills. Say Phoebe - 4 seen in this 10 miles of rolling, open hills. Jan. 31, 1950, Salt Spring Valley Reservoir, Calaveras Co. Calif. 1045-1055 PST. Water level up considerably, no hunters,few ducks, and some geese. Blue Heron Common Canada Goose - 133 Mallard - 12 Pintail - 25 Killdeer - 4 Flicker in canyon below Calif. Woodpecker in canyon below W. Meadowlark Warner Horned Larks Interior California Jay Yellow-billed Magpie in canyon below. Calif. Plain Titmouse Golden-crn. Sp. Jan. 31, 1950, Jenny Lind, Calif. Calaveras Co. 11 a.m. Vulture - one over ridge. Mountain Bluebirds - few adults and immatures in this area, and few seen E of Stocktø