August 17, 1950, Silver Creek, (Ice House to Union Valley), Eldorado Co. Calif. Trib. S. Fk. American River. Red-shafted Flickers Willow Downy Woodpecker Wright's Flycatcher Stellar Jay (Blue-fronted ) Mountain Chickadees California Creepers Pigmy Nuthatches Robins Townsend's Solitaire Audubon Warbler Western Evening Grosbeaks in yellow pine House Finches Oregon Juncos August 18, 1950, Williams to Willows, Glenn Co. Calif. 1615-1650PDST. Calm, 108 degrees. Blue Heron American Egret Snowy Egret Black-crowned Night Heron Avocet Black-necked Stilts. Rock Doves - 6 Mourning Dove Barn Swallow Suisun Long-billed Marsh Wren Calif. Bicolored Redwing. Tri-colored Redwing Brewer Blackbirds. August 18, 1950, Dales, Tehama Co to Viola, Shasta Co. Calif. 1745-1935 PDST. Vegetation changed from volcanic grasslands with digger pine and blue oak to yellow pine and incense cedar as we climbed to the eastward. Valley Quail - coveryys of 12 and 14 seen Mourning Dove - 75-100 perched in rocky grassland, along fences. California Woodpecker - 5 Lewis Woodpecker in digger pine in blue-oak woodland. Fuddy Horned Lark - many in rocky grassland area Interior California Jay Western Bluebirds Green-backed Goldfinches Lark Sparrows in blue-oak woodland areas. Counend Solitaire [illegible]