Field notes, v667
Page 483
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May 8, 1951, Sacramento County, N of Mokelumne R., W. of U.S.99, and S of Sacto. 1230-1600PDST. 70 road miles covered. Blue Herons Barn Swallow Common Egrets Cliff Swallows Mallards Yellow-billed Magpies Cinnamon Teal Crows Vultures W. Mockingbird Red-tailed Hawk Robins Red-shouldered Hawk Calif. Shrike Marsh Hawk F Meadowlark Sparrow Hawk Bicolor Redwings Killdeer Brewer Blackbirds Black Terns - 20-first of year. Spotted Towhees California Woodpecker Western Kingbird Black Phoebe May 8, 1951, Stone Lake, at Lambert, SW of Franklin, Sacto. Co. Calif. 1430-1500PDST. Blue Heron Western Kingbird Common Egret Black Phoebe Green Heron Ash-throated Flycatcher Mallard Tree Swallow Cinnamon Teal Barn Swallow Vulture Cliff Swallow Sparrow Hawk W. Crow Valley Quail Bewick Wren Pheasants Long-billed Marsh Wren Coot Robin Gallinule Pacific Yellowthroat Killdeer Meadowlark California Gull Bicolor Redwings Flicker nest on NW side of dead snag at 20', with Tree Swallow nest on SW side at 17'. Nuttall Woodpecker Brewer Blackbird, House Finch, Common Goldfinch, Song Sparrow. May 9, 1951, Armstrong Ranch, E of Riego in Placer Co. Calif. 1100-1330PDST. 1500 acres. Blue Heron Mallard - 6 Red-tailed Hawk - 1 Sparrow Hawk Valley Quail - 2 Pheasant - 8 Killdeer Stilt - 2 Mourning Dove - 4 Red-shafted Flicker - nest on south side of cottonwood at 18 feet. Western Kingbirds Horned Larks common Barn Swallows Cliff Swallows Meadowlark Bicolor Redwings Bullock Orioles Savannah Sparrows - yellowish head - breast