Field notes, v667
Page 369
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October 9, 1950, Lovelock Irrigation District lands, S & E of U.S.40. 15 road miles covered. 1655-1725 PST. Red-tailed Hawk Sparrow Hawks - 4 Valley Quail - covers of 6 and 14 Pheasant - 4 M in fields of grain stubble Killdeer Red-shafted Flicker - 3 Black-billed Magpies Ravens - still feeding in fields Crows - heading NW in loose strings Robins - 2 Pipits - 1st 14 seen perched on wire line at about 18'. Others along road at south end of project only. Audubon Warblers - 6 near farmstead in cottonwoods Western Meadowlarks Brewer Blackbirds Brewer's Sparrows - several seen Gambel-White-crowned Sparrows - dozens along greasewood fence rows all the way. October 10, 1950, Lovelock Irrigation District lands, N & W of U.S.40. 12 road miles covered. 735-835 PST. Blue Herons - 2 Mallards - 170 Pintails - 10 Green-winged Teal - 3 Redheads - 20 Marsh Hawk - 2 Prairie Falcon Sparrow Hawk - 2 Valley Quail - 10, 12, and 25 for 47 total Pheasants - 12M and 2F or imms. seen. Coots - 2 Killdeer Ring-billed Gulls - 5 Red-shafted Flicker Horned Larks Nevada Shrikes Western Crow - 28 Black-billed Magpies - 54 Western Meadowlarks - 25 Brewer Blackbirds - 30 Nevada Redwings - Sage Sparrow Brewer Sparrow Western Lark Sparrows Gambel White-crowned Sparrows Golden-crowned Sparrows - few calling from greasewood. October 10, 1950, Fernley Sinks, Lyon Co. Nevada. 945-950 PST. Mallards - 14 Pintails - 3 Marsh Hawk M Killdeer Pipits