December 5, 1950, Westlake Park & Lake, Los Angeles Calif. 0745-0750. Farallon Cormorants - 5 Mallard - 7 Lesser Scaup - 16M & 18F or imm. Coots - 250 Western Gulls - 12 Ring-billed Gulls - 70 Dec. 5, 1950, Playa del Rey, S of Venice and NW of Loyola Univ. Los Angeles Co. Calif. 1150-1215 PST. Pacific loon - 1 Eared Grebe - 2 Farallon Cormorant - 6 on power line over Ballona Cr. Snowy Egrets - 15 Lesser Scaup - 12 American Merganser - 15-20 in winter plumage Coot - 3 Killdeer - 7 Black-bellied Plover - 12 Long-billed Curlew - 23 Willett - 45 Godwit - 160 Yellow-legs - 1 Western Sandpipers and Least Sandpipers - 32 Dowitcher - 6 Western Gull - 15 Herring Gull - 8 Ring-billed Gull - 65 Brewer Blackbird - 75 Purple Finch - 15 Dec. 5, 1950, Malibu Beach, Los Angeles Co. Calif. 1240-1245 PST. American Egrets on kepp beds offshore Surf Scoters Ruddy ducks Sparrow Hawk Heermann Gulls Western Gulls Ring-billed Gulls Western Crows Brewer Blackbirds Dec. 5, 1950, Ventura, Ventura Co. Calif. 1430-1440 PST. Herring Gull Ring-billed Gull Western Mockingbird English Sparrow Dec. 5, 1950, Ventura to summit San Rafael Mtns. on US399, Ventura Co. 1440-1545 PST Vulture Pileolated Warbler Red-tailed Hawk Purple Finches California Woodpecker Green-backed Goldfinches & California Jay Brown Towhees. Western Crow Western Bluebirds