November 29, 1951, Grasslands, Santa Fe Grade, Gustine-Los Banos, Merced Co. Calif. 0800-1140 PST. Heavy ground fog, visibility, -1/4. Clearer, late. Farallon Cormorant - 1 at Refuge Blue Heron- 3 seen Common Egret - about 24 Snow Goose - 60, but many more heard Mallard - 50 Gadwall - 2 Baldpate - 70 Pintail - 2472 Shoveller - 990 Ruddy Duck - 77 Marsh Hawk - several Sparrow Hawk - about 1/4 road mile along wire lines. Watched one pair mating on a wire line. Gallinule - 105 Coot 4775 Killdeer - 40 Wilson Snipe - 15 Long-billed Curlew - 52 Yellow-legs - 75 Dowitcher - 750 Western Sandpipers - 100's Least Sandpipers - 100's Red-shafted Flicker - sev. dozen Black Phoebe Tree Swallow - 13 Marsh Wren - many, some singing Pipit - 100's Calif. and Boreal Shrikes - both seen. about 1/4 road mile. Audubon Warbler W. Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird in cattail Bicolor Redwings Tri-color Redwings Brewer Blackbirds Modesto Song Sparrow November 29, 1951, Delta Mendota Canal - S of Los Banos-Firebaugh, Fresno Co. Calif. 23 miles of canal, 8 of which were unlined. Common Egret - 5 Blue Heron - 2 Ring-necked Duck - 2 Ruddy Duck - 4 Marsh Hawk - 1 Coot - 44 Black Phoebes Raven - 2 Pipits - 100's on new levees.