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December 18, 1952, Farmington Reservoir area, Stanislaus Co. Calif. 1010 a.m.PST.
Blue Heron - 1
Common Egret - 1
Canada Goose - 26
Pintail - 18
Marsh Hawk
Killdeer
Calif. Gull
Red-shafted Flicker
Pipit
Calif. Shrike
Meadowlark
Brewer Black birds
Common Goldfinches
Savannah Sparrows
2 small marsh areas, else in farmed areas.
2193
Dec. 18, 1952, Woodward Reservoir, NE Stanislaus Co. Calif. 18-ft. drawdown.
Gravel and sand exposed. No water under upper bridge. Hunting season on Ducks - 120 Sparrow Hawk Coots - 250 Yellowlegs - 3 Mourning Dove - 4 Flicker Say Phoebe Calif. Shrike Meadowlark Bicolor Redwings Br. Blackbirds - 3,000 in sprouting grain field. Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Lark Sparrow White-crowned Sparrows 2194
Dec. 18, 1952, Eugene, Stan. Co.-Milton, Calaveras Co. Calif. 11-1115 a.mPST.
10 road miles. Rolling hills, some cattail marsh in low flat spots where road crosses. Grasses, few trees at farmsteads. Redtailed Hawk - 4 Marsh Hawk - 1 pr. & 1 Sparrow Hawk - 9 Pheasants - 2 males Coots - 2 Say Phoebe - 2 Calif. Shrike - 6 Boreal Shrike - 2 Meadowlark - 80 House Finch - 39 Sparrows - 33 2195
Dec. 18, 1952, Salt Springs Valley Reser. Calaveras Co. Calif. 1130-1140 a.m.PST.
Blue Heron - 1 Common Egret - 2 Ducks - 150 Vulture - 2 Sparrow Hawk Calif. Gull Red-shafted Flicker Say Phoebe W. Bluebirds Meadowlarks Lark Sparrows Hunters present 2196
Dec. 18, 1952, Hogan Res., Calaveras Co., 1240-50 PST. Drawn way down to below old normal-low pool mark. All vegetation at old border dead.
Farallon Cormorants - 23 Canada Goose - 115 Mallard - 234 Bald Eagle - 2 adults in dead willow Red-shafted Flicker Calif. Woodpecker Calif. Jay Yellow-billed Magpies Brown Towhee Oregon Junco. S.C. Spar. 2197