April 27, 1951, Southside Park, Sacramento, Calif. 0800-0815PST. Pied-billed Grebe - 2 Lesser Snow Goose - 1 Mallard - 7 pairs of adults, some males in partial molt. 3 unattached females or immatures or ? males and 5 unattached males. 6 broods seen: 5-8"; 4-3 1/2"; 5-3"; 1-9"; 3-6"; and 4-7" in length. Coot - 2 pairs Robin Cedar Waxwings - 30 English Sparrows Brewer Blackbirds Cowbird Purple Finch House Finch Common Goldfinch - about 250 feeding on lawns under trees. April 27, 1951, Lake Washington, Yolo Co., W. of Sacramento, Calif. 0830-0850PST. Fakallon Cormorant - 1 Horned Gebe - 1 full male on shallow pond in scraped earth. Mallard - 2 pairs, 3M Marsh Hawk Sparrow Hawk Pheasant - 1M Coot - 2 Killdeer Avocet - 1 in pond with Horned Grebe Red-shafted Flicker California Jay Crow Marsh Wren Pacific Yellowthroat Meadowlark Bicolor Redwings Tricolor Redwings Brewer Blackbirds Modesto Song Sparrow April 29, 1951, Natomas and Vicinity, Sacramento Co. Calif. 1155-1205 PDST. Blue Heron Vulture California Woodpeckers Nuttall Woodpecker in live-oak-willow area Western Kingbirds - paired along fences Black Phoebe Barn Swallows Cliff Swallows California Jays W. Crow Plain Titmouse Bush-tits House Wrens singing Bewick Wren Orange-crowned Warblers common Chat - calling in brush tangles Brewer Blackbird Cowbird - at least 2 in cottonwoods Common Goldfinches Green-backed Goldfinches Sacto. Spotted Towhees Golden-crowned Sparrows - several Modesto Song Sparrows. April 29, 1951, Bass Lake and vicinity, El Dorado Co. Calif. 1300-1430PDST. American Egret - flying in hailstorm Snow Geese - about 75-80 flying north over mtns. Ruddy Duck - 4 M & 4F Vultures Sparrow Hawk Valley Quail Killdeer - see species page. Yellow-legs Band-tailed pigeons - 30% in white oaks Mourning Doves Red-shafted Flickers California Woodpeckers Lewis Woodpeckers Western Kingbirds - common inpairs. Black Phoebe Barn Swallows Cliff Swallows Calif. Jays Yellow-billed Magpies Crows - paired Plain Titmouse Pallid Wren-tit Robin W. Bluebirds-feeding nestings Meadowlark Bicolor Redwings Tricolor Redwings Br. Blackbird House Finch Green-bk Goldfinch Brown Towhee Lark Sparrow