Field notes, v667
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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.