May 9, 1951, Garden Hiway - 6 road miles, Sacramento Co. Calif. 0900-0945PDST White Pelican - 57 circling over Bittern Mallard Red-shouldered Hawk Sparrow Hawk Killdeer Mourning Dove Flicker - nest on S side of cottonwood snag in open at 35'. California Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Nuttall Woodpecker - nest hole underside of a 5"-diameter cottonwood limb, on the west side, 33 feet above Sacramento River. 2 adults were carrying food to the nest; once one returned to nest hole before the the other adult had left, so a short note was given, and the one left. Western Kingbird Ash-throated Flycatcher Black Phoebe Tree Swallows - common, with many nest holes in cottonwoods. Barn Swallows Rough-winged Swallow - nest in river bank Cliff Swallows California Jays Yellow-billed Magpies Western Crows Slender-billed Nuthatch Bewick Wren Robin Yellow Warbler W. Meadowlark Bullock Orioles Brewer Blackbird Cowbird House Finch Common Goldfinch Sacramento Spotted Towhee Chipping Sparrows White-crowned Sparrows Modesto Song Sparrow May 9, 1951, Agricultural rice lands (mostly flooded), Garden Hiway, N & E to the town of Riego. Sutter Co. Calif. 1000-1040PDST. 12 road miles. White Pelican - 10 circling American Egret - 15-20 in green alfalfa field Mallards - many over 45 seen Cinnamon Teal - 6 Vulture Red-tailed Hawk Pheasant - 4 Coot - many over 71 seen Killdeer Dowitcher - 150 and 48, Foresters Tern - 1 Black Terns Western Kingbirds Horned Larks Barn Swallows Cliff Swallows W. Crow Calif. Shrike W. W. Meadowlark Bicolor Redwings Brewer Blackbirds - many nests along mulberry tree-lined lane, but most still eggs or too small - banded 4 young. House Finch