Field notes, v667
Page 507
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June 11, 1951, Derby Dam, 6 mi. W. of Wadsworth, Truckee R., Washoe-Storey Co.Nevada 2005-2035PDST. Canada Goose - 2 pairs of adults with 4 yng, 2/3-grown, and with ? 6 young. Mallard - about 12 seen - 8 were M. Cinnamon Teal - 2 Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Red-shafted Flicker Western Kingbirds - nest at 8' in old cottonwood in Derby Forebay Cliff Swallow Yellow-headed Blackbirds Red-wings Bullock Oriole M Br. Blackbirds June 12, 1951, 5 mi. W. of Wadsworth, daybreak-0630PDST., Washoe Co. Nevada. Mourning Dove Rock Wren - 2 with 5 young Robins Bullock Oriole Brewer Blackbird Cassin Purple Finch Desert Sparrow - one of 1st singers this a.m. June 12, 1951, Pyramid Lake, Washoe Co. Nevada - 0800-1050 PDST. & Paiute Indian Lands. Western Grebes - 450-500 off mouth of Truckee R. White Pelicans - about 1100-1200 on edge of lake near Truckee R. mouth. Double-crested Cormorant - 85 -100 near mouth of river. American Merganser - 1F with 6 young. Vultures Red-tailed Hawk Swainson Hawk Luck Hawk Killdeer California Gulls most common Ring-billed Gulls also present Caspian Tern - 1? Mourning Doves - 6 pairs seen this a.m. Red-shafted Flicker - Western Kingbirds Horned Larks Rough-winged Swallows Barn Swallows Cliff Swallows Black-billed Magpies common Slender-billed Nuthatch in cottonwoods along river. Robins Yellow Warbler Meadowlarks Redwings Bullock Oriole M and F scattered Brewer Blackbirds