May 16, 1955, Emerald Bay, Eldorado Co. Calif. 5 p.m. Canada Goose Common Nerganser M Stellar Jays Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 Mtn. Bluebird - 1 Audubon Warbler - 25-30 Redwing - 35 BBB - 40 Cassin Purple Finch - 2 Junco - 75 White-crowned Sparrow - 1M Lincoln Sparrow - 1 May 17, 1955, Luther Pass and Grass Lake, 7740' el. 1 mi. road hike, 10-1030 a.m.PDST. Snow and ice over most of lake and in woods. Sunny, cold, breezy. Mallard - 4 pr. and 1 M Goshawk - 1 Red-shafted Flicker - 1 Hairy Woodpecker - 2 White-headed Woodpecker - 1 Stellar Jay - 8 Clarke Nutcracker - 2 Mountain Chickadee - 26 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Robin - 50 May 17, 1955 - Hope Valley, W. Carson River, Alpine Co. Calif. 7200' el. 11-12noonPDST Spotted Sandpiper - 1 Mourning Dove - 2 Robin - dozens Mountain Bluebird - 6 BBB - 25-30 Cowbird - 2 White-crowned Sparrows - 15 @20 Lincoln Sparrow - 3 Song Sparrow - 8 May 17, 1955 - E Carson R. Valley above Markleeville, Alpine Co. Calif. 12h5-2:30 p.m. Vulture - 1-5 Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Spotted Sandpiper Kingfisher Red-naped Sapsucker Fewee Violet-green Swallow Tree Swallow Cliff Swallow Stellar Jay Rock Wren - 1 Dipper - 2 Robin - dozens Townsend Solitaire - 1 Audubon Warbler - dozens Pileolated Warbler - 15-20 BBB Fox Sp. - 1 Song Sp. - 1 May 17, 1955, Carson Valley, Base of Sierras to W of U.S.395, Woodsford-Genoa, etc.330-5h5p. White Pelican - 18 at Hot springs Common Egret - 2 Mallard - 2 pr. Vulture - 3 Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Marsh Hawk - 3 Sparrow Hawk - common Pheasant - 1 Calif. Quail - 2 Killdeer Calif. Gulls Mourning Doves - sev. pair. W. Kingbirds- 2 pr. Say Phoebe - 3 Tree Swallow - few Barn Swallow - 20 Cliff Swallow - 100's oversage & pasture Scrub Jay Black-billed Magpie - dozens of pairs - nests in all stages from complete to fresh pink young to black-skinned young to nearly fully feathered young; all active nests checked were in sagebrush at 6½ to 9-foot heights. Mud-filled and lined with clean dry grass. Cup 6-8" wide and 5-6" deep. Banded many. Bush-tit - nest in sage at 6½' height - 3 eggs left in nest. Saw several of them. Mountain Bluebird - 2 Srike - 1 House Sparrow - several Meaddlark - common near pasture areas. Yellow-headed Blackbird - sev. 100 at hot sprs. Redwings - some BBB - many pairs. Bullock Oriole - 2 pr. many old nests. Black-hea ed Grosbeak Spotted Towhees in tallsage areas. Sage Sparrow Lark Sparrow Brewer Sparrows Oregon ? Juncos.