June 30, 1950, Camp Seco Pond, 3 mi. N of Valley Springs, Calaveras Co. 1200-1210. Pied-billed Grebes - saw about 30 young birds scattered about the pond, but not a single full adult. The young had grayish bodies, darker on top, and with a blackish head, with two white stripes on each side, and a little red-brown color on the head as well as on the upper mandible. American Egret Mourning Doves Western Kingbird Black Phoebe Cliff Swallow Western Meadowlark June 30, 1950, Pardee Res., Calaveras-Amador Co. Calif. 1215-1320 PDT. 98°F. Blue Heron Vultures - several over spillway area of dam California Woodpecker - very little ac tivity Western Kingbirds Ash-throated Flycatchers Ruddy Horned Larks - Cliff Swallows California Jays Plain Titmice Slender-billed Nuthatch Pallid Wren-tits Western Robins Western Bluebirds House Finches Sacramento Spotted Towhee Sacramento Brown Towhee W. Lark Sparrows - few