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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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March 2, 1950, Sacramento Wildlife Refuge, Glenn County, Calif. 1530-1620 PST.
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
White Pelican - 75-80, some with small breeding horn already.
Blue Heron - 15
American Egret - 10
Snowy Egret - 1
Black-crowned Night Heron - 350
Canada Goose - 2000-2500
Mallards - 2000
Lesser Snow Goose - 4 cripples
Gadwall - 400
Baldpate → 1500
Pintail 50
Green-winged Teal - 2500
Shovellers - 2500
Ruddy Duck - 2
Vulture - 3
Cooper Hawk - 1 perched in willow
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Marsh Hawks
Sparrow Hawks - 4
Pheasants - 25
Coot - 750
Killdeer - 25
Wilson Snipe - 2
Yellow-legs - 30
Avocets - 45 scattered singling in pairs or not over 8 in a group in shallow ponds.
Burrowing Owl - 1 along road into refuge headquarters, no north side.
Red-shafted Flciker - 3
Black Phoebe
Suisun Long-billed Marsh Wren - heard 6 singing
Shrike - 2
Western Meadowlark - dozens
Redwings
Brewer Blackbirds
Savannah Sparrows
White-crowned Sparrows
March 5, 1950, Southside Park, Sacramento, Calif. 1715-1725 PST. Clear, cool, S10-12
Pied-billed Grebe - 2
Lesser Snow Goose - 1
Mallards - 18M & 11F
Ring-necked Duck - 19M & 12F
Coots - 47
Red-shafted Flicker - 2
California Jay - 7
Audubon Warbler - 3
Brewer Blackbirds - 450-500
Calif. Purple Finches - several.