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October 12, 1954, 5 miles E of Pine Grove, Amador Co. Calif. C.S.H.88. 6-10 a.m.
2000-2500' el.
Cooper Hawk
Calif. Quail
Mountain Quail
Band-tailed Pigeons - 12's
Horned Owl - 2
Screech Owl - 1
Long-eared Owl - 1
Red-shafted Flickers
Calif. Woodpeckers
Lewis Woodpeckers
Hairy Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers
Stellar Jay
scrub Jay
Mountain Chickadee
Bush-tits
Red-breasted Nuthatches
Calif. Creeper
Pallid Wren-tits
House Wren
Rock Wren
Robins
Varied Thrush - 1
Hermit Thrush - several
W. Bluebird
ruby-crowned Kinglets
Audubon Warblers
House Sparrows
House Finches
Western Tanager - 1M
Black-headed Grosbeak- 1M and others
Spotted Towhee
Brown Towhee
Golden-crowned Sparrows
White-crowned Sparrows
October 17, 1954, Sacramento Bypass, Yolo Co. Calif. 820-11 a.m.PSt. Clear and calm.
(NNE 3-6)
Pied-billed Grebe - 2
Blue Heron - 1
Green Heron - 3
Vultures - dozens moving south at varying elevations
White-tailed kite - 1ad.
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Marsh Hawk - 1F or imm.
Sparrow Hawk - 7 on road in, 2 there.
Calif. Quail - heard
Pheasant - 1 yng. rooster.
Killdeer
Pintail - 65 to E
Kingfisher - 1
Red-shafted Flicker - 10-12
Black Downy Woodpecker - 2
Nuttall Woodpecker - 4
Black Phoebe - 3
Tree Swallow - 2
Scrub Jay - 1
Yellow-billed Magpie - 3
Plain Titmouse - 3 or 4
Bush Tits - 15
Wren-tit - 1
Bewick Wren - singing - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglets common
Pipts - 3
Orange-crowned Warblers - 2
Audubon Warblers - dozens
Meadowlarks
Redwings
Brewer Blackbirds
Purple Finch - 1
House Finches - dozens
Common Goldfinches - 25-30
Spotted Towhees - 10
Brown Towhees - 4
Savannah Sparrows
Oregon Juncos
Golden-crowned Sparrows - dozens
White-crowned Sparrows - dozens
Song Sparrows - 10 or 12
Hybrid - probably white-crown--golden-crown:
Gldn-crown size, white on wings and tail,
head and neck and cape grayish, with top of
head suffused with light yellow (somewhat greenish).