August 16, 1951, East Park Reservoir and Vicinity, Colusa Co. Calif. 8145-930PDT. Exposed flats—driest maintain cattails and cockleburs. Pond weeds near water. Reservoir down about 35 feet. Blue Heron Common Egret Mallard - 23 Vulture Red-tailed Hawk Valley Quail - 65 in 3 coveys Killdeer California Gull - 3 Mourning Doves Western Kingbird Black Phoebe Barn Swallow California Jay Bicolored Redwings Brewer Blackbirds Brown Towhees August 16, 1951, Stony Gorge Reservoir, Glenn Co. Calif. Water surface elevation at 803. Almost all exposed slopes have good stand of cocklebur (Xanthium) Blue Heron - 1 on dead snag. August 16, 1951, Gray Lodge Refuge, SW Butte Co. Calif. 1235-1250PDT. A very small % of area being flooded. Most dry and burned. Blue Heron American Egret - 3 or 4 Snowy Egret - 25-30 Cackling goose - 2 in trap—probably cripples. Mallards - few Gadwall - 2 Cinnamon Teal - 6 Vulture Red-tailed Hawk Sparrow Hawk Pheasants Killdeer Yellow-legs - 5 Black-necked Stilts - 56 Mourning Doves Burrowing Owl on fence Western Kingbird Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow Shrike Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird Brewer Blackbird