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young Sparrows.
Mistle-crowned Sparrow - [illegible]
Hewer Blackbirds - 30-F W [illegible] nest
Yellow-headed Blackbird - 1M in high-trees, but ground-hab. to low-shrubs and bushes were common, and flocks of up to 50 or more.
Headed Warbler - 8.
Mistletoe Warbler - 2
Aubouon Warbler - 1M on the top and [illegible] but it was very inconspicuous. (I think this bird may have been a male, as it was somewhat larger than the female, and more yellowish in color.)
Yellow Warbler - 1M out breeding wings and tail feathers.
Shrike - 1
Robin - 60+ nest each morning in [illegible] tree.
Mountain Chickadee - few
Black-billed Magpie - 1
Cliff Swallow - 50-75
House-winged Swallow - 15
Barn Swallow - 1
Tree Swallow - 10-15
Fwwee - 2
Red-started Flitter - 1
Killdeer - 1
Morning Dove - 2
Black Tern - 35-30
Forester's Tern - 60-65
Gulls - 27-30
Wilson Phalaropes - 15-20
Northern Phalaropes - 250-300
Western Sandpiper - 45
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Killdeer - 7-8
Coop - 3
Sparrow Hawk - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Vulture - 2
that joined it. Tail short. Silent on water and in flight.
of head into neck. Appeared somewhat larger than trest grebe M's
round and gray below with black-brown area on lower side of around base and gray front with yellow-orange with black tip and base. Head
short and sloped, with yellow-orange wings and sides. Watched for 5 min or so at 75' W \ YX [illegible] in sunshine. Bill
strait flight followed by run for lakeoff of about 30'.
White sides below. White sides showed on
Rode low to water - generally grayish-white appearance. Brownish
Common Ternanser - 1M and 6 F or [illegible]
Bafflehead - 1 pr.
Lesser Scaup - 1M
Cinnamon Teal - 8 pair
Pintail - 2 pair.
Mallard - 3M, 10 pair, and 7 on down-lined nest w\ 15 eggs in pine clump - 3' high.
Canada Goose - 8-9 pair.
Bittern - 1
Black-crowned Night Heron - 3
Common Plover - 2
White Pelican - 26
Eared Grebe - M's - 55, F's - 6
Still threatening weather, but end of several weeks of serious storms.
May 16, 1922. Pope Beach, S end, Lake Tahoe, El Dorado Co. Calif., 1:30-p.m. PST.