March 11, 1952, Santa Fe Grade, Gustine Gun Club, Merced Co. Calif. 1100-1120PST. Pied-billed Grebe Blue Heron Snowy Egret Mallard Green-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Shoveller Ruddy Duck Marsh Hawk Sparrow Hawk Pheasants Gallinules Coots Killdeer Avocet Mourning Doves - few Red-shafted Flicker Black Phoebe Tree Swallows Cliff Swallows Yellow-billed Magpies - carrying nesting material Marsh Wrens Robins Calif. Shrikes Audubon Warblers Meadowlarks Redwings Brewer Blackbirds Grasshopper Sparrows White-crowned Sparrows Song Sparrows. 2063(8) March 12, 1952, Mercy Springs Road from Delta-Mendota Canal Crossing to Mendota Road, Merced-Fresno Co. Calif. 0815-0900PST. Rolling hills, grasslands and grain. No other cultivation. Swainson Hawk - 1 Marsh Hawk - 1 Sparrow Hawk - 3 Pheasants - 1 pair in grain field area. Killdeer - 1 Tree Swallows - 1,000's over green range lands. No water nearby. Raven- several pairs - 2 pairs carrying nesting material. Pipits Shrikes Meadowlarks 2064 March 12, 1952, Mercy Springs Road from foothills to Panoche Valley, San Benito Co. Calif. 19 road miles 900-1010PST. Brkn, cool. Red-tailed Hawk - 1 Marsh Hawk - 4 Duck Hawk - 1 Sparrow Hawk - 10 Red-shafted Flicker - 1 Say Phoebe - 1 Raven - 5 Robin - 1 Mtn. Bluebirds - 175-200 Shrike - 2 Meadowlark - 8 Brewer Blackbird - 350 House Finch - 15 2065 March 12, 1952, Panoche Valley, San Benito Co. Calif. Vulture - 4 Mourning Dove - 1 Yellow-billed Magpie - several Vesper Sparrow - 15 Lark Sparrow - 15 Oregon Juncos White-crowned Sparrow - 45 2066