February 6, 1954, Bay Farm Island, Alameda Co. Calif. Noon-1 p.m. High tide. Eared Grebe Western Grebes Pied-billed Grebe Common Cormorant Common Egret Baldpate - few Shoveller - few full M & F Redheads - few Canvasbacks - 100's Lesser Scaups -100's Common Golden-eyes - few Ruddy Duck- 100's Sparrow Hawk Coots - 100's Black-bellied Flower - 5 Willetts - 100's Dowitchers - 100's Killdeer - few Sanderlings Red-based Sandpipers W & I Sandpipers Avocets - 100's no reds Calif. Gull Ring-billed Gull Western Gull Bonaparte Gulls Red-shafted Flickers House Sparrows Redwings - SF - 80 Brewer Blackbird House Finch Song Sparrows. 2295 February 8, 1954, Southside Park, Sacto. Calif. 1045-1050 a.m. Pied-billed Grebe - 5 Mallard - 8 pair, 3 M Snow Goose - 1 Ring-necked Duck - 14M & 17F Coot - 42 Red-shafted Flicker Audubon Warbler House Sparrows House Finches 2296 February 16, 1954, Southside Park, Sacto. Calif. 1130-1135a.m.PST. Pied-billed Grebe - 5 Snow Goose - 1 Mallard - 7 pr. and 2M Ring-necked Duck - 7M and 2F LesserScaup - 5M & 3F Coot 37 Calif. Gull Ruby-crowned Kinglet Audubon Warbler Green-backed Goldfinch 2297 February 22, 1954, Southside Park, Sacto. Calif. 830-840 a.m.PST. Calm. cold. Pied-billed Grebe - 3 Mallard - 5 pr. Ring-necked Ducks - 12M & 6F Lesser Scaup - 2pr. Coot - 29 & 18 Calif. Gull - 7 Kingfisher - 1 Red-shafted Flicker- 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 Robin Ruby-crowned Kinglets singing Audubon Warblers Brewer Blackbird House Finches singing Common Goldfinches on lawn Oregon Junco White-crowned Sparrows. 2298 February 28, 1954, S.Fk.Amer. R., below Mormon Island Bridge,Eldorado Co.Calif. 9-10 a.m. Mallard - 1 pr. Wood Duck - 2 pr. Vulture - 1 Sparrow Hawk - 2(nest cottonwood) Killdeer Red-shafted Flicker Acorn Woodpeckers Downy Woodpecker Nuttall's Woodpecker Black Phoebe Tree Swallow - 4 Cliff Swallow - 1 Scrub Jays common Plain Titmice-varied calls Pallid Wren-tits Bewick Wrens singing Calif. Thrasher - 2 Robins Hermit Thrush Ruby-crowned Kinglets singing Audubon Warblers common W. Meadowlarks Brewer Blackbirds House Finches Black-headed Grosbeaks - 1 or 2 - 1 M singing clearly. Spotted Towhees very common Brown Towhees - some Lark Sparrow - few Oregon Juncos White-crowned Sparrows Fox Sparrow - 2 Song Sparrows common. 2299