Field notes, v667
Page 281
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June 3, 1950, Sacramento to Antioch, down the Sacramento R. 715-815 a.m. PDST Sparrow Hawk Killdeer California Gulls Red-shafted Flicker Western Kingbird Barn Swallows Cliff Swallows Western Crows Western Meadowlarks Calif. Bicolor Redwings Brewer Blackbirds Purple Finches House Finches June 3, 1950, Mt. Diablo, Contra Costa Co. Calif. 0930-1245 PDST, 1000'-3500' elev. Vultures Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Valley Quail Mourning Doves - 3 pair/mile. Red-shafted Flicker California Woodpeckers Nuttall Woodpeckers Little Flycatchers Ruddy Horned Larks Violet-green Swallows Tree Swallows Coast Stellar Jays (near myrtle thickets) California Jay Western Crow Plain Titmouse - feeding young at nests in oak Slender-billed Nuthatches Intermediate Wren-tits Western Bluebirds - few full adults Purple Finches S. Fran. Spotted Towhees S. Fran. Brown Towhees Western Lark Sparrows Point Pinos Juncos carrying food to nest in blue oaks. 3500- Mt. Diablo - 1000-3950' elev., (summit), 1000-1130 PDST. Red-tailed Hawk Band-tailed Pigeon Allen Hummingbird California Jay Intermediate Wren-tits House Wrens California Thrasher House Finches N 15-25 mph. June 9, 1950, Lake Washington, Yolo Co., East of Sacramento. 1130-1200 PDST Farallon Cormorant Mallard - 1 molting male Pheasants - a couple crowing. Coot Killdeer - 4 Ruddy Horned Larks Barn Swallows Western Crows - 8 pair Suisun Long-billed Marsh Wren - 15 heard singing Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbirds - 14M and 27 F or imm. Calif. Bicolor Redwings Purple Finches Modesto Song Sparrows