June 5, 1955, Sacramento Weir, Yolo Co. Calif. 8-9 a.m. Breezy, warm, clear. White Pelican - 3 Common Egret - 40 White-tailed Kite - 1 Red-tailed Hawk - 2-crow chasing. Marsh Hawk - 2 BBB chasing. Calif. Quail - 6 Pheasants - 2 Killdeer - 2 Forester Tern - 2 Burrowing Owl - 1 Mourning Dove - 40 - nest at 18' in willow. Red-shafted Flicker - 4 Ash-throated Flycatcher - 2 Little Flycatcher - 4 Tree Swallows - 30 Cliff Swallows - 50-55 Scrub Jay - 4 Maggie - 2, Crow - 2 - 1 chasing redtail hawk Wren-tit - 1 calling from dense shrubs Calif. Shrike - 2 Yellow Warbler - 4 Long-tailed Chat - 2 Pacific Yellowthroat - 2 Flecolated Warbler - -5 House Sparrow - 1M Meadowlarks - 4 Bicolor Redwings - 75-100 Tricolor Redwings - 7-800 in flocks to the N. Bullock Oriole - 4 pr. Brewer Blackbirds - 40-50 Cowbirds - 30-40 House Finch Black-headed Grosbeak - 3 or. Lazuli Bunting - 2 pr. Blue Grosbeak - 1 pr. Spotted Towhee - 3 pr. Brown Towhee - 2 pr. Common Goldfinches - 6 pr. - nest unused.(5-7-55) Green-backed Goldfinch - 1 pr. Song Sparrow - 3 July 4, 1955, Swanston Ranch, American R. below H.St. Bridge, Sacramento Co. Calif. Cool, breezy, clear, 7:40-9:10a.m. PDST. Blue Heron - 1 Calif. Quail - 9 pr. Pheasant - 3 Mourning Dove - 3 pr. Red-shafted Flicker - 20 Calif. Woodpecker - 6 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Nuttall Woodpecker - 2 Western Kingbird - 2 pr. Ash-throated Flycatcher - 4 pr. Black Phoebe - 2M Tree Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Scrub Jay - 30 W. Crow - 4 Bush Tits - 15 House Wren - 2 Bewick Wren - 4 Mockingbird - 2 Yellow Warbler - 3 Yellow-breasted Chat - 6 W. Meadowlark - 12 Brewer Blackbird - 27 Cowbird - 4 Black-headed Grosbeak - 10ad and Juv. Blue Grosbeak - 4 Lazuli Bunting - 8 - sev. singing House Finches common on star thistle and elderberry. Common Goldfinch - 27 on star thistle and elderberry. Spotted Towhee - 20 Song Sparrow - 2 July 9, 1955, Wright's Lake, Eldorado Co. Calif. 7000' el. 7a.m. - 4 p.m. RW-, 500-350F SW Mallard - F and 4 Class I yng. Sooty Grouse - 1 Spotted Sandpiper - 2 Pacific Nighthawk - 3 Red-shafted Flicker Williamson Sapsucker-lpr. White-headed Woodpecker Wood Pewee - few Western Flycatcher - lpr. Stellar Jay - common Mountain Chickadee - many, with nests holding young(1) at 12' in 20"-dia. lodgepole to SSE in center of lightning scar in open area. Feed out in all directions 100 yds. plus. (2) at 11' in SW side of Jeffrey snag at edge of Dark Lake - 2 adults feeding. Pigmy Nuthatch - 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 6 Robin - pairs carrying food. Mountain Bluebird - 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Audubon Warblers - few pair McGilvray Warbler Hermit Warbler - 2 pair. Brewer Blackbird - 7 Western Tanager- 2 pr. Black-headed Grosbeak - 3 Pine Grosbeak - 6 Evening Grosbeak - 2 Cassin Purple Finch - common Green-tailed Towhee - 2 Oregon Junco - very common - 1/100 yards of forest road Chipping Sparrow - 6 pair Lincoln Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow