March 27, 1952, Hogan Reservoir, Calaveras Co. Calif. Highest water level ever, just a week before, now 20' below spillway (Capacity at spillway is 75,000 acre-feet). Blue Heron American Merganser Mallards Sandhill Cranes - small flocks flying north today. Violet-green Swallows Cliff Swallows Calif. Jays Canyon Wrens - very tame - come onto caretakers front porch for insects. W. Mockingbird W. Bluebird Green-backed Goldfinch Spotted Towhee Brown Towhee Mar. 27, 1952, Camp Seco Pond, Calaveras Co. Calif. 115 p.m. Nearly full. Mallard - 1M Baldpate - 18 Bufflehead - 1M Ruddy - 7 - no full males Coot - 1 Red-shafted Flicker Western Kingbirds Black Phoebe Slender-billed Nuthatch Western Bluebirds Picolor Redwings House Finches Lawrence Goldfinches in open fields Lark Sparrows March 27, 1952, Pardee Res., Calaveras-Amador Cos., Calif. Western Grebe - 1 Vulture Cliff Swallows Calif. Jays Plain Titmouse W. Bluebirds Audubon Warblers March 29, 1952, Alder Creek, near Nimbus, Sacto Co. Calif. 0615-0815PST. Pied-billed Grebe - 3 Mallard - 1 M and 2F Vulture Red-tailed Hawk Mourning Dove Kingfisher Red-shafted Flicker - 3-400 in f California Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Black Phoebe Violet-green Swallow Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow - 1pr, 1M, and 2F California Jay if. W. Crows Bush-tits - mostly paired Plain Titmouse Slender-billed Nuthatch House Wren Bewick Wrens Robins Hermit Thrush Cassin Vireo Orange-crowned Warbler Audubon Warbler Cowbird Redwings Brewer Blackbird House Finches Green-backed Goldfinches Common Goldfinches Spotted Towhee Brown Towhee Oregon Junco Golden-crowned Sp. White-crowned Sp. Song Sparrow