Field notes, v667
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Sept. 18, 1955, Swanston Ranch, Amer. R. below H.St. Bridge, Sacramento co. Cal if. Cool, clear, breezy, heavy rain and T& yesterday, and storm earlier in week. 9:30-1030 a.m. PDST. Green Heron - 1 Sparrow Hawk - 2 Pheasant - 1M Calif. Quail - 28 in cover Killdeer - 2 Spotted Sandpiper - 1 Red-shafted Flicker - 1 Nuttall Woodpecker - 2 Black Phoebe - 1 Cliff Swallow - 16 over river Calif Jay - 15-20 Bewick Wren - 2 Robins - 25-30, calling Audubon Warbler - 1M Meadowlark - 3 or 4 Brewer Blackbird - 10-15 Western Tanager - 1F feeding on larva in elder Purple Finch - 2 House Finch - 15-20 Spotted Towhee - 10-15 Brown Towhee - 6 Song Sparrow - 3 Golden-crown Sparrows - 15-20 imm. Sept. 23, 1955, Just S of Woodland, US 99W, Noon, Yolo Co. Calif. Killdeer - 150-175 in one flock in cut alfalfa with Long-billed Curlews - 50-75. Brewer Blackbirds - 200 or more. Sept. 23, 1955, Zamora to Dunnigan. 1250-1:15 p.m. Vultures - 28 or so, circling south Redtail-Hawk Sparrow Hawk - 2 Sept. 23, 1955, Williams-Willows, US99W, Colusa Co. Calif. Common Egret- 35-50 on refuge Snowy Egret - 3 on refuge Mallards Pintails Vulture- 25 or more Marsh Hawk - 1 Mourning Dove - 3 W. Crow Redwings Brewer Blackbirds Sept. 24, 1955, Martins, 308 N 8th St, Corvallis, Benton Co. Oregon Red-shafted Flicker Robins Cedar Waxwings House Sparrow Purple Finches Western Tanager - 1F Sept. 25, 1955, Avery Park, Corvallis, Benton Co. Oregon. 920-10 a.m. Calif. Quail Red-shafted Flicker Red-breasted Sapsucker Stellar Jay Scrub Jay Oregon Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Bewick Wren Robin Pine Siskins Green-backed Goldfinh Spotted Towhees Juncos Song Sparrows Sept. 25, 1955, US99W, Corvallis-Bruce Station (10 miles) Red-tailed Hawk Vulture - 11 totl Pheasant Ravens House Finch Common Goldfinch Green-backed Goldfinch Purple Finch BBB Sept. 25, 1955, 12-mile Swamp, Bruce Station, Benton Co. Oregon. 1030-1045 a.m. Blue Heron at 1 muddy pool in area, rest dry and was grazed by cattle. Vulture Pheasants - 3 weeks old Killdeer Green-backed Goldfinch Song Sparrow