November 1, 1949, Silver Creek Drainage in vicinity of Icehouse, & Union Valley. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 5300' &. El Dorado County, California. 1353 Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-breasted Nuthatches common Mountain Quail - covey of 18 Western Bluebirds hovering above red-fir tops Monterey Red-shafted Flicker taking insects? (Air temps about 75°F.) Pileated Woodpecker Evening Grosbeaks - flock flew over N. Fk. White-headed Woodpecker Oregon Juncos Blue-fronted Stellar Jays common Short-tailed Mountain Chickadee Clarke Nutcracker flew downstream over S. Fk. of Rubicon River, Eldorado Co. 515 p.m. November 5, 1949, Napa River Estuary, Vallejo, Solano Co. Calif. 830-840 a.m. 1354 American Egrets - 1 Red-backed Sandpipers - 18 California Gull Coots - 150 Least Sandpipers - 350 Suisun Long-billed Marsh Hen Killdeer - Western Sandpipers - 70 English Sparrow Long-billed Curlew - 15 Avocets - 44 & 75 House Finch Willetts - 30 Western Gull Samuel's Song Sparrow Godwits - 18920 Ring-billed Gull Nov. 5, 1949, Marshes northwest of Vallejo, 845-915 a.m., Solano Co. 1355 Pied-billed Grebe Willets Western Meadowlarks Farallon Cormorant Least Sandpipers Calif. Bicolor Redwings American Egret - 4 Western Sandpipers Brewer Blackbirds Snowy Egret - 2 Avocet - 150 House Finches Bittern Ring-billed Gull Samuel Song Sparrow Mallards California Gull Pintails - 40 Calif. Purple Horned Lark Vulture Pipits White-tailed Kite - post in salt marshes for a perch, one hovering. Nov. 5, 1949, Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco Calif. 140-145 p.m. 1356 Mallards Canvasbacks Coots Santa Cruz Song Sparrow Baldpates Ruddy Ducks Nuttall White-crowned Sparrow Nov. 5, 1949, Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San Francisco 150-158 p.m. PST. 1357 Western Grebes Brown Pelicans - many Baird Cormorants Heerman Gulls - 3 Western Gulls November 6, 1949, Mill Valley, Marin County, 8 a.m., California. 1358 Brown Pelicans - 12 Pintails - 75 Western Gulls Blue Heron Ruddy Ducks Herring Gulls American Egrets - 4 Vulture Nuttall White-crowned Sparrows Mallards Coots Samuel Song Sparrow Nov. 6, 1949, Muir Beach-Stinson Beach, Marin Co. Calif. 10-1050 a.m. 1359 Vultures Marsh Hawk M & F hi over cliffs - brush Sharp-shinned Hawks Red-tailed Hawk Surf Scoter Cooper Hawk on fence post Baird Cormorants White-winged Scoter Purple Finch NW California Jay House Finch Junco Nov. 6, 1949, Bolinas Lagoon, Marin Co. Calif. 1035-1105 1360 Common Loon Vulture Kingfishers common Horned Grebe Sparrow Hawk Black Phoebes Western Grebe Blue Heron Say Phoebe - 1 Brown Pelicans diving American Egret Cali. Shrike Farallon Cormorants Western Gull Purple Finch Buffleheads F or imm. California Gulls Nuttall White-crowned Sparrows American Merganser s - 35 Heermann's Gulls on sand beach at edge of surf-feeding there.