February 8, 1950, Woodward Reservoir, Stanislaus Co. Calif. 1045-1145 PST. Clear and cold, much rain past few days - water level way up. Pied-billed Grebe Farallon Cormorant - 3 Blue Heron - 5-6 American Egret - 2 Canada Geese - 15 & 42 Mallard - about 1,500 Baldpate - 4,500 Pintail - 24,000 Red-tailed Hawk - 3 or 4 seen. Bald Eage adult in willow near ducks. Prairie Falcon perched on high powerline towers at north side of reservoir. Sparrow Hawks Coots - 45,000 Killdeer Say Phoebe - 5 seen in loop around reservoir California Shrike Western Meadowlark Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Grass hopper Sparrow Gambel White-crowned Sparrow Feb. 8, 1950, Hogan Reservoir Area, Calaveras R., Calaveras Co. Calif. 1245-1335 PST. Clear, calm, cool. Much rain past three days, with max. flow from 8 of outlets on Monday. Down to only 4 running full now. Pool area had been up to edge of defined pool on reservoir lands. Now down some 20 feet. Not many waterfowl observed on wide water expanses. Flow at Jemry Lind estimated at 7-800 sec/ft. at noon. Observed only from dam, this date. Farallon Cormorants - 4 American Egret - 1 Canada Goose - 30-40 on south side. Mallard - 9M & 6F and 3? Pintail - 6 Sharp-shinned Hawks - pair in chaparral-blue oak area Golden Eage soaring over reservoir area. Sparrow Hawk Coots - few dozen Monterey Red-shafted Flicker California Woodpecker Black Phoebe Feb.8, 1950, Camp Seco Pond, 3 mi. N of Valley Springs, Calaveras Co. Calif. Nearly normal reservoir level. Canada Goose - 240 Baldpates - 1 pair Pintail - 1M Canvasback - 3F or imm. Bufflehead - 1M & 4F Ruddy Duck - 9 Red-tailed Hawk - Nuttall Woodpecker in willow Feb. 8, 1950, Pardee Res, 1430-1545 PS T, Calaveras-Amador Co. Calif. Western Grebe - 1 above dam. Mallards - 1 pair at N end. Hooded Merganser - 3M & 4F or imm. Redtailed Hawk - 3 seen Killdeer Red-shafted Flicker California Jay Plain Titmouse Bewick Wren Canyon Wren on serpentine piles Robin Western Bluebirds Sacto. Spotted Towhee Juncos Audubon Warblers Plain Titmuse flocks Lawrence Goldfinch - 3 at spot lst seen. Rock Wren Robin & W.Bluebird Cedar Waxwing - 23 Audubon Warbler W. Meadowlark Brown Towhees Spotted Towhees - many Juncos Gambel White-crn. Sp. Modesto Song Sparrow