Field notes, v667
Page 691
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April 2, 1953, Pardee Res. area, Amador Co. Calif. 1145-1230 PST. 12-15' drawdown. Pied-billed Grebe - 1 Cormorant - 1 Vulture Red-tailed Hawk Calif. Quail Coot Red-shafted Flicker Calif. Woodpecker Lewis Woodpecker Nuttall Woodpecker Violet-green Swallow Cliff Swallow Calif. Jay Plain Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Pallid Wren-tit Robin W. Bluebirds R. C. Kinglet Audubon Warblers House Finches Brown Towhees Spotted Towhees Lark Sparrows Juncos Chipping Sparrow 2257 April 2, 1953, Bass Lake, El Dorado Co. Calif. 1345-1415PST. Nearly full. Pied-billed Grebe - 3 at east end. Common Egret - 1 at east end. Coots - 416 - spread all over edge, feeding Killdeer Calif. Woodpecker Western Kingbirds - several pairs Ash-throated Flycatcher Yellow-billed Magpies Plain Titmouse Brewer Blackbird Cowbird House Finch Junco 2260 April 7, 1953, Rutherford Road, into Gray Lodge Refuge, SW Butte Co. Calif. 11 a.m. Following birds in one shallow, muddy-watered pond beside road in pasture field. Mallard - 4 pair Pintail - 2 pair Cinnamon Teal - 2 pair Coots Killdeer Solitary Sandpiper - 1 Dowitchers - 45-50 Red-backed Sandpipers - 30-35 summer plumaged Western or Least Sandpipers - dozens. 2261