Field notes, v668
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November 8, 1959, American River, Saclo State Coal. Alumni Grove - 8:20-9:10 PST. Cool, Sparrow Hawk - 1 Pheasant - 1 pair Calif. Gulls - 40-50 Kingfisher - 2 Red-shafted Flicker - 6 Nuttall Woodpecker - 1 Horned Lark Scrub Jays - 8-10 Horned Larks Plain Titmouse House Wren Robins - 45-50 Ruby-crowned Kinglets - 7 Pipits Audubon Warblers Cedar Waxwings - 30 W. Crows - 25 calm, clear. House Sparrows Oregon Juncos - 12 W. Meadowlarks W-c Sparrow Brewer Blackbirds G-c Sparrow House Finch Song Sparrow Common Goldfinches Lesser Goldfinches Brown Towhees - 2 2572 November 13, 1959, American River, S of Arden Park, Saclo. Co. Calif. 6:50-7:50 a.m.PST. 42°F. Clear,calm. Pied-billed Grebe - 6 Mallard - 1 pair Killdeer - many Greater Yellow-legs - 25-30 on gravel bars Calif. Gulls - 50-75 Mourning Doves - 150&& Kingfisher - 2 Red-shafted Flicker - 5 Downy Woodpeck r - 1 Nuttall Woodpecker - 5 Black Phoebe - 1 Scrub Jay - 6 Yellow-bill Magpie - 5 Plain Titmouse - 3 Bush Tits - 27 House Wren - 1 Bewick Wren - 3 Robins - 40-50 Hermit Thrush - 2 Ruby-crn Kinglets Pipits Shrike - 1 Audubon Warbler - 3 Meadowlark - 7 Brewer Blackbird - 150 House Finch - 75 Spotted Towhee - 5 Common & Lesser Goldfinches Oregon Juncos crown Sparrows. Song Sparrows 4 2573 November 21, 1959, Mormon Island Dam, Folsom L, Eldorado Co. Calif. 8:30-8:45 a.m.PST. Eared Grebe - 2 Pied-billed Grebe - 7 Robins Sparrow Hawks Coots - 12 Calif. Gulls Red-shafted Flickers Calif. Woodpeckers Rock Wrens - 3 Western Bluebirds Ruby-crowned Kings Audubon Warbler Meadowlarks, W. Bicolor Redwings Brewer Blackbirds Spotted Towhees Brown Towhees - several perched and feeding among tremendous boulders of Dam fill-no shrub of tree cover nearby-small herbonly. Common Goldfinches Lark Sparrows Oregon Juncos. crown Sps. White-crn. Sps. 2574 November 21, 1959, Bass Lake, 1000'el, Eldorado Co. Calif. 9:05-9:10 a.m.PST. Clear,Calm. Water level way down, with dry and wet mud flats exposed. Staked duck decoys about 2½ feet above mud level. Blue Heron - 1 Sparrow Hawk - 2 Killdeer - 5 Northern Phalapope - 1 winter plum walking in curious manner on mud flats out of water. Calif. Gulls Red-shafted Flicker Calif. Woodpecker Scrub Jays W. Crows Yellow-billed Magpies Calif. Thrasher - 1 chaparral Lark Sparrows Robins Ruby-crowned Kinglets. Evening Grosbeaks - 6 to W Brown Towhees Savannah Sparrows White-crn Sparrows 2575 Nov. 21, 1959, Forest Genetics Sta., Placerville, Eldorado Co.Calif. 11-1 p.m.PST.Warm,calm Killdeer, Red-shafted Flickers Brown Creepers Robins, Western Bluebirds, Ruby-crnKinglet Pine Siskins Oregon Juncos Fox Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows. 2576 November 28, 1959, Mormon Island Dam, Folsom L, Eldorado Co. Calif. 11-11½ a.m.PST. Eared Grebe - 5 Pied-billed Grebe - 3 Coots - 5 Gallinule - 1 Calif. Gulls Acorn Woodpecker Flickers Black Phoebe Western Bluebirds Cedar Waxwings Brown Towhees GC and WC Sparrows 2577 November 28, 1959, Coloma, Eldorado Co. Calif. S. Fk, After. R. 12-1:45PST. Clear,warm. Red-tailed Hawk Sparrow Hawk Calif. Quail - covey of 17 W. Bluebirds Red-shafted Flickers Acorn Woodpeckers common Black Phoebe Stellar Jays - 4 Scrub Jays - 8 Yellow-billed Magpies - 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglets Audubon Warblers Lawrence Goldfinches Common Goldfinches Brown Towhees and White-crown Sparrows Golden-crn 2578