Field notes, v667
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January 31, 1950, Hogan Reservoir, Calaveras R., Calaveras Co. Calif. 1145-1520 PST. Reservoir level up somewhat, some geese, and about 2,000 ducks altogether. Pied-billed Grebe - 5 American Egret - 3 Blue Heron - 2 Farallon Cormorants - 10 Common Canada Goose - 150 Cackling Canada Goose - 10 White-fronted Goose - 8 Mallards - 800 Pintails - 800 Green-winged Teal - 250 Wood Duck - 20 Shoveller - 150 Canvasback - 45 Bufflehead -4 American Golden-eye F below dam 1 mile. Ruddy Duck - 10 American Merganser - 8 Red-tailed Hawk --Sparrow Hawk-- Golden Eagle Sparrow Hawk White-throated Swift - 3 seen over caretakers house about 2 p.m. Kingfisher over reservoir Monterey Red-shafted Flicker Lewis Woodpecker - 3 seen. Black Phoebe Say Pheebe Violet-green Swallows - a total of 5 seen over canyon below the dam. Interior California Jay Calif. Plain Titmouse Pallid Wren-tit - calling Dipper - in North Fork, just above junction with South Fork. Stayed under water in mid-stream quite a bit. Short dives. Robins W. Bluebirds Calif. Shrikes Audubon Warblers on grass pasture near N.Fk W. Meadowlarks Sacto. Spotted Towhees Sacto. Brown Towhee Bell Sparrow - singing in chamise - 2 p.m. Lark Sparrows - dozens Juncos January 31, 1950, Camp Seco Pond, 3 mi. N of Valley Springs, Calaveras Co. Calif. Water up considerably - now 4-5 acres. 1525-1545 PST, Clear, calm, cold. Common Canada Goose - 40 Lesser Canada Goose -235 Shoveller - 1M and 3 F Canvasback - 1M and 3 F Bufflehead - 2 pair in full plumage Ruddy Duck - 10 Killdeer Nuttall Woodpecker - in willow near pond. W. Meadowlarks Brewer Blackbirds Lark Sparrows - several seen. Jan. 31, 1950, Pardee Reservoir, Calaveras-Amador Counties, Calif. 345-410 P.M.,PST. Horned Grebe - 2 Pied-billed Grebe - 1 Blue Heron - 1 Hooded Merganser - 1M in full plumge. Sparrow Hawk Coots - 5 California Woodpecker Robins W. Bluebirds Cedar Waxwings - 50 in cottonwood at S end of dam. Phainopeplas - 2 at Camp Pardee, and one in blue oak woodland at north end of N arm of reservoir. Calif. Shrike W. Meadowlark - hundreds. House Finch - 1 with W. Bluebirds Sacto. Brown Towhee Bell Sparrow Lark Sparrows very common - dozens.