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July 21, 1951, Crows Landing, Stanislaus Co.-Jct. C.S.H.33 &C.S.H.152. 8-830 a.m.
Sparrow Hawk - 3
Mourning Dove - 6
Western Kingbird
Barn Swallow
Yellow-billed Magpies - 19
Western Crows
Meadowlark
Bicolor Redwings
Brewer Blackbird
House Finch
Green-backed Goldfinches
July 21, 1951, Moss Landing, Monterey Co. Calif. 945-1015 a.m.
Red-throated loon - immature - 1
Brown Pelican - 1
Farallon Cormorant - 1
Blue Heron - 3
Snowy Egret - 1
Black-crowned Night Heron - 15
Black Brant - 2 on mud flat in north arm.
Black-bellied plover - 4
Semi-palmated plover - 12
Long-billed Curlew - 6
Godwits - 50
Willet - 75
Red-backed sandpiper - 15
Least and Western Sandpipers - 250
Dowitcher - 30
Avocet - 2
Western Gull - 60
Caspian Tern - 12
Common Tern - 8
Forster's Tern - 25
Least Tern - 6
Barn Swallow - 1
Brewer Blackbird
House Finches - flocks on sand dune flowers and shrubs.
July 21, 1951, Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, Monterey Co. Calif. 1100-1230PDST
Sooty Shearwaters - 1,000's passing northOffshore. Their density varied, but
two different counts showed 120 and 125 passing a giving point/minute.
Brown Pelicans
Farallon Cormorants
Brandt's Cormorants
Mallards
Ruddy Ducks
California Quail
Coots
Killdeer
Heerman's Gulls - adults and immatures common.
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Red-shafted Flicker
Meadowlark
Brewer Blackbird
White-crowned Sparrow