April 7, 1952, Bass Lake, El Dorado Co. Calif. 0815-0835PST. Fullest ever. R-, cool, calm. Common Loon - full adult in mid-lake Western Kingbirds - 3 pair. Pied-billed Grebe - 4 Tree Swallows - 150 Mallard - 4 bird - 2 Barn Swallows - 16 Pintail - 35 Western Bluebirds Shoveller - 25 Pipits Canvasback - 4 imm. or F. Lark Sparrows Ruddy Duck - 9 Coots - 65 killed Nuthatch - 4 Killdeer Yellowlegs Red-shafted Flicker April 17, 1952, Bass Lake, El Dorado Co. Calif. 1530-1600PST. Calm, warm. Pied-billed Grebe - 2 Killdeer Common Egret - 2 Western Kingbirds - 12 Mallards - 3 pair Calif. Jay Redhead - 1 F or imm. Yellow-billed Magpies Canvasback - 1 pair Western Bluebirds Bufflehead - F or imm. 1 Meadowlarks Ruddy Duck - 4 pair Bullock's Orioles Vulture Brewer Blackbirds Sparrow Hawk House Finches Coots - 68 Lark Sparrows April 17, 1952, "Hill 50" at Clarksville, El Dorado Co. Calif. 1610-1650PST. Vulture - 2 Mourning Dove - 2 pair Barn Owl - 2 Red-shafted Flicker - 1 Calif. Woodpecker - 3 Black phoebe - 1 Calif. Jay - 2 W. Crow - 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 Western Bluebirds MacGillivray Warbler - lM working quietly thru live oaks. April 18, 1952, Southside Park, Sacramento, Calif. 0800-0810PST. Pied-biled Grebe - 1 Snow Goose - still 1 cripple Mallards - 3 pair & 2 males Brewer Blackbirds House Finches Common Goldfinches - 3-400 in flocks April 18, 1952, Lake Washington, Yolo Co., E of Sacto. 0915-0940PST. Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Blue Heron - 2 Common Egret - 3 Mallard - 1 pr. & lM Cinnamon Teal - lpr., lM, and lM dead. Prairie Falcon - 1 Sparrow Hawk - 1 Pheasant - 3 Coot - 2+ seen. Gallinule - 1 Red-shafted Flicker W. Crow - 8 Calif. Shrike W. Meadowlark Bicolor Redwings Pacific Yellowthroat Brewer Blackbird Song Sparrow