November 15, 1949, rice area around Williams, Colusa Co. 10-11 a.m. Blue Heron American Egret Red-tailed Hawk Sparrow Hawks common Pheasants - several in rice W. Meadowlark Mont. Red-shafted Flicker House Finch Western Crows W. Mockingbird Calif. Shrike - 5/mile Gambel W-c. Sp. November 15, 1949, East Park Reservoir, Stony Creek, NW Colusa Co. 1130-1230/1400 PST. Drawn down about 50'. Held less than 1/4 of total capacity on November 1, 1949. Western Grebe - 10 Pied-billed Grebe - 7 Farallon Cormorants - 28 Blue Heron - 3 American Egrets - 12 Canada Geese - 6 bare mudflat Cackling Canada Geese - 15 Mallards - 32 Baldpates - 35 Pintails - 250 Ruddy Duck - 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk Swainson Hawk Red-bellied Hawk Coots - 50 Killdeer - 6 Western Sandpipers - 12 Mourning Doves - 10-12 Monterey Red-shafted Flicker Lewis Woodpeckers - a few California Woodpeckers Say's Phoebe - 1 on fence in dry field. Black Phoebe - 3 or 4 seen Ruddy Horned Larks - small flocks Interior California Jay Calif. Plain Titmouse Western Bluebirds - small flocks in Pipits - small flockblue oaks. Western Meadowlarks Brewer Blackbirds House Finches Lark Sparrows in blue oak woodland areas Western Savannah Sparrows Oregon Juncos Nov. 15, 1949, Venado-Leesville, Colusa County, Calif. 1130-1145 a.m. Vultures - none seen earlier in a.m. - Red-tailed Hawk Golden-Eagle - 1 near rocky-pinnacle area Marsh Hawk - high on slope over chaparral area. Sparrow Hawk Monterey Red-shafted Flicker Sacramento Brown Towhee Golden-crowned Sparrow - calling Gambel White-crowned Sparrow Nov. 15, 1949, Stony Gorge Reservoir, Stony Creek, Glenn Co. Calif. 1500-1520. 90' drawdown. Only 1/42 full on Nov. 1, 1949. The caretaker says that there is no waterfowl summering in the res- ervoir area, but that there is much use in mid-winter (January) and this is composed mostly of geese use. Farallon Cormorant - 11 Blue Heron - 1 American Egret - 4 Canada Geese - 11 Valley Quail - 2 coveys (8-10) Mont. Red-shafted Flicker California Woodpecker Say's Phoebe on gate racks of main dam Green-backed Goldfinch - large flocks Gambel White-crowned Sparrows November 15, 1949, Millsaps-Newville, Glenn Co. Calif. 1600-1615. Mourning Doves - 6/road-mile Red-shafted Flicker Lewis Woodpeckers common Yellow-billed Magpies W. Meadowlarks