December 5, 1950, Cuyama R. Valley, W from jct. of US399 & C.S.H.166, in S. Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara Counties. 1600-1625 PST. Barn Owl California Shrike Purple Finches The first 3 seen along US399 SE of above junction. Marsh Hawk Sparrow Hawk Screech Owl in canyon well downstream Western Crows in loose-string evening flight across valley to Caliente Range on the north. Ravens - few Western Bluebird California Shrike Meadowlarks Brewer Blackbirds - 440& Lazuli Bunting - 1 M. Dec. 6, 1950, Santa Maria Valley, S. Barbara Co. Calif. 0800-0840 and 1245-1500PST. Marsh Hawk Sparrow Hawk Pheasant - 2F at Fugler Point Killdeer Ring-billed Gulls Mourning Dove - 2 Red-shafted Flicker Lewis Woodpecker California Woodpecker Black Phoebe California Jay Western Crows - long strings going E over town at 7 a.m. (evidently night roost in willow thickets at mouth of Santa Maria River.). House Wren Robin Western Bluebird Pipits California Shrike Audubon Warbler English Sparrow W. Meadowlark Brewer Blackbird Purple Finch Cactus/Brown Towhee Nuttall's White-crowned Sparrows