November 16, 1949, Orland Irrigation District, N and W of Orland, Glenn Co. Calif. 745-830 a.m. Rice harvested. Alfalfa still green American Egret Mallard - 1 White-tailed Kite - 2 Sparrow Hawk Valley Quail - 12 Pheasant - 7 seen. 6 in alfalfa field, and 1 in willow, about 15' up. Killdeer Mourning Doves - t Kingfisher - 2 Red-shafted Flicker Ruddy Horned Lark Yellow-billed Magpies - many Western Crows California Shrikes - 4/mi. Western Meadowlarks Starlings - 2 by themselves. Bicolor Redwing Brewer Blkbds. Purple Finches Lark Sparrows Grn-bk Goldfinch Nov. 16, 1949, Black Butte Reservoir Area, N & S Fk, Stony Creek, Glenn and Tehama Counties, Calif. 845 a.m. to 3 p.m. Blue Heron Mallard - 3 Vultures - none seen until after 930 and then a couple. By noon I found several perched in dead tops of cottonwoods, and later in p.m. about 15 were circling over the area. Red-tailed Hawk - just 1 seen Sparrow Hawks - about 35 seen. Valley Quail - 5 coveys seen -- 18, 8, 12, 20 and 12. Pheasants - 6, 3, and 3 seen (3 perched in cottonwood at about 15') Killdeer - about 6 along creek. Band-tailed Pigeons - 2 flying over white oaks near dam site. The crop of acorns is huge and each one is large this year. Mourning Doves - several small flocks in area, mostly in oaks.Saw 52. W. Kingfishers - 1 Monterey Red-shafted Flickers - very abundant - about 1/lor 2 acres. California Woodpecker - common in white oaks and Fremont's cotton- woods. Many nest holes seen in cottonwoods. Noisy till about 10 a.m., and much quieter later on. Also observed them hanging on the vertical cliffs of Black Butte, and entering the vertical crevices. This was also observed on the Orland Buttes. Lewis Woodpeckers - very common, particularly in the blue oak areas. At least 10 seen along every mile traveled by car. Nuttall Woodpecker - 3 seen working cottonwoods near dam site Willow Downy Woodpecker - just one seen working a cottonwood Black Phoebe - a couple near the creeks, utilizing tops of willows for perches. Interior California Jays very common and noisy. About 45 seen. Yellow-billed Magpies - about 75 seen in area. Mostly in tops of tall white oaks and cottonwoods along creek beds. Western Crows California Plain Titmouse - small flocks in white and blue oaks. Slender-billed Nuthatches common in white oaks and cottonwoods. Seem to be calling almost continuously. San Joaquin Bewick Wrens - 2 or 3 seen in underbrush and grape tangles Rock Wren - a loose group of 5 or so in crevices and on tops of basalt rimrock on SE end of Black Butte above the dam site. California Thrasher - a couple in the river bottom tangle of willow and grape near the creek. Silent, except for the noise of moving through the brush. Western Bluebirds - small flocks in area all d#, and calling. Ruby-crowned Kinglets - scattered small groups working brush, and oaks and willow tangles. Heard one singing from oak on woodland O V E R