Sept. 27, 1956, C.S.H. 16, 3 mi. E of Woodland, Yolo Co. Calif. 3-5 p.m. PDST, muggy. Eared Grebe - 3 Mallard - 4 Pintail - 2 Ruddy Duck - 4 Red-tailed Hawk - 1 Sparrow Hawk - 2 Pheasant - 3 or 4 ad and 15-20 young Coot - 9 Gallinule - 1 Killdeer - 45-50 Greater Yellow-legs - 2 Lesser Yellow-legs - 11 Willet - 7 Dowitchers - 35-40 Pectoral Sandpipers - 4 Red-backed Sandpiper - 3 Western & Least Sandpipers - 150-200 Avocet - 15, with only one brown-headed Barn Swallow - 2 Calif. Shrike Meadowlark - 12-15 Bicolor Redwings - 25 Tricolor Redwings - 75-80 Brewer Blackbirds - 15 Savannah Sparrow - 2 Calif. Gull - 17 October 1, 1956, Gustine Gun Club, Grasslands, SE of Gustine, Merced Co. Calif. 10-1030 PST. Pied-billed Grebe Blue Heron American Egret Snowy Egret Glossy Ibis - 50 or so Mallards Baldpates Pintails Green-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Shoveller Ruddy Ducks Vultures Red-tailed Hawk Sparrow Hawk Pheasants Calif. Quail Coots - dozens Gallinule - 2 Killdeer Greater Yellow-legs - 3 Lesser Yellow-legs - 200 Long-billed Curlew - 700 Dowitchers - 200 Western Sandpipers Least Sandpipers Pectoral Sandpipers - few Avocets - none with brown heads Mourning Doves Violet-green Swallows Tree Swallows Cliff Swallows Barn Swallows Yellow-billed Magpie W. Crow Long-billed Marsh Wrens singing Calif. Shrike W. Meadowlarks Bicolor Redwing Blackbirds Tricolor Redwings Brewer Blackbirds White-crowned Sparrows Song Sparrows October 1, 1956, Moss Landing, Monterey Bay, Monterey Co. Calif. 12-2 p.m.PST. Foggy. Eared Grebe Horned Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Blue Heron - 1 Snowy Egret - 12 Common Egret - 1 Brown Pelican - 7 Shoveler - 5 White-tailed Kite - 1 Sparrow Hawk Coots Gallinule - 1 Black-bellied Plover - 4 Semi-palmated Plover - 1 Willits - 100's Long-billed Curlews - 24 Godwits - dozens Sanderlings - 50 Western Sandpipers Least Sandpipers Pectoral Sandpipers Northern Phalarope - 3 (dozens on 10/3) Heerman Gulls - 12's Herring Gulls Calif. Gulls Western Gulls Caspian Tern - 1 Royal Tern - 2 on mud flat, short wing tips w/ tail. Least Tern - 3 Kingfisher - 1 W. Crow W. Meadowlark Redwings Brewer Blackbirds House Finch