Nov. 29, 1950. Pardee Res. Amador-Calaveras Co. Calif. 0950-1020 On Nov. 21 water was flowing 4-feet deep over spillway. Today, about 5 feet of island near spillway showing. Pacific Loon - 1 at north end in winter plumage. Lesser Scaup - 3 pairs in compact feeding group near center of res. Hooded Merganser - 1 pair at north end. Coot - 58 at north end. Red-shafted Flicker - 8 California Woodpecker - 23 Black Phoebe - 2 California Jay - 14 Plain Titmice - 7 Western Bluebirds - 25 Pipits - 60 Phainopepla - 2 in blue oaks south of Camp Pardee Audubon Warbler - 2 Brewer Blackbirds - 32 Spotted Towhees - 2 Brown Towhees - 7 Savannah Sparrows - 26 Lark Sparrows - 43 Juncos - 47 White-crowned Sparrows - 180 Nov. 29, 1950. Camp Seco Pond, Calaveras Co., 3 mi. N of Valley Spr. 1020-1030 PST. Water level to southwest fence at road. Most aquatics submerged now. Pied-billed Grebe - 4 Mallard - 1 pair Baldpate - 5 pairs Bufflehead - 1M & 2F Hooded Mergansers - 4M & 3F Killdeer Red-shafted Flicker California Woodpecker Calif. Shrike Western Meadowlarks Brewer Blackbirds. Nov. 29, 1950, Hogan Res, Calaveras R. Calaveras Co. Calif. 1045-1120 Water down to normal low pool today, but on Nov. 21 it was flowing out one-third of the 8th hole, about up to the normal high-water line of the reservoir. Farallon Cormorants - 5 Blue Heron - 6 American Egrets - 6 Canada Geese - 224 (one flight of 36 came in whom the valley while I was there. Mr. Ballard states that they leave the res. as late as 10 p.m. returning in the morning. The geese leave each day before the ducks. Ducks seem to leave in one large group. Mallard - 137 Baldpate - 72 Pintail - 6 Wood Duck 15 Hooded Merganser - 18 Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Golden Eagle - 2 Bald Eagle - one perched in reservoir on Nov. 27. Red-shafted Flicker Lewis Woodpeckers - several