Field notes, v667
Page 383
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November 2, 1950, Proposed Folsom South Canal Service Area - covered 27 road miles southeast of Elk Grove and NE of Lodi. 0815-0915 PST. Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Swainson Hawk - 1 Marsh Hawk - 1 M Duck Hawk - 1 Sparrow Hawk - 4 Killdeer - 5 Mourning Dove - 2 Red-shafted Flicker - 15 Horned Larks - 75-100 California Jay - 3 Yellow-billed Magpies - 7, but saw dozens in open oak area between Clements and Wallace on C.S.H.88 Western Crow - 30 Western Mockingbird - 10 Western Bluebirds - 75 Phainopepla - 1 on willow near blue oak N of Clements Calif. Shrike - 3 W. Meadowlark - 1,500 Calif. Bicolor Redwings - 150 Brewer Blackbird - 50 Calif. Purple Finch - 250 Green-backed Goldfinches - 650, in large flocks Savannah Sparrows - 150 Lark Sparrows - about 400 along the fence rows and roads Grasshopper Sparrows - 40 Gambel White-crowned Sparrows - 50 Nov. 2, 1950, Pardee Reservoir, Calaveras & Amador Cos., Calif. 945-1015 PST. Eared Grebes - 18 in winter plumage, scattered Pied-billed Grebe - 1 Hooded Mergansers - 70 at N end. Coot - 65 Killdeer Road-runner - 1 at edge of chamisal N of dam, about 150 yards from place seen last year. Belted Kingfisher Red-shafted Flicker California Woodpeckers California Jays Plain Titmice Rock Wren perched on top sill of main dam. Western Robins in blue-oak woodland Western Bluebirds Phainopepla in blue-oak area near Camp Pardee Purple Finches - very ruddy. Green-backed Goldfinches Brown Towhees Lark Sparrows Oregon Juncos - quite ruddy.