Field notes, v668
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Dec. 17, 30-50 Starlings at Cartridge Drive, + 5 in auto by. December 17, 1959, Baldwin Dam Lake, N end, Baldwin Dam Road, Sacto. Co.Calif.3:10pMPST. Pied-billed Grebe - 2 Kingfishers OVC, Cold. Pintails - 6 Acorn Woodpeckers Shovellers - 6 pair. Black Phoebe Ruddy Ducks - 12 Scrub Jay Coots House Finch Brown Towhees December 26, 1959, Natomas District, El Centro and Power Line Roads, Sacto. Co.Calif. Clear, Cold, N15-25mph, 9:30-11:15 - 16.4 road miles (avg. 11 mph) Pied-billed Grebe - 2 Western Crows - 75 Blue Heron - 5 Yellow-billed Magpies - 50 Canada Geese - flocks over high Plain Titmouse - 2 Snow Geese - flocks over high Robins - 7 Mallards and Pintails and Green-wing Teal Pipits - 1,000's and 1000's Vulture - 2 Loggerhead Shrike - 7 White-tailed Kite - 3 Starlings - 150-200 in small groups. Red-tailed Hawk - 15 Audubon Warbler - 25-30 Marsh Hawk - 2M & 1 F W. Meadowlarks - 350 Sparrow Hawk - 10-12/road mile. Redwings- 15 Pheasant - 2 Brewer Blackbirds - 12's Gallinule - 1 Brown-headed Cowbirds - 7 Coots - 25-30 House Finches - few Killdeer - 100's Common Goldfinches -100's Greater Yellow-legs - 25-30 LesserGoldfinches Calif. Gulls - 100's Savannah Sparrows Mew Gulls - 27 Golden-crown Sparrows - 6 Band-tailed Pigeon - 5 White-crowned Sparrows - 100's Mourning Dove - 3 Song Sparrows - 15 Barn Owl - 1 fresh read-kill. Red-shafted Flicker - 15 Jan. 7, 1960, Southside Park, Sacramento, Sacramento Co. Calif. 1:45p.MPST, OVC 2- Pied-billed Grebe - 5 Snow Goose - 1 crip. Mallard - 4 pair Ring-necked Duck - 16M & 13F or imm. (1 F very, very light tan colors). Coots - 19. January 9, 1960, East Bayshore Drive, near Berkeley Pier, Alameda Co.Calif. 9:15 a.m. Horned Grebe - many winter plumage. Mew Gull Tide in. Eared Grebe - some winter plumage Western Gull Western Grebes - few (once all 3sp.together) Bonaparte Gulls Canvasback - many M and F's Mourning Doves - 4 Lesser Scaups - many Brewer Blackbird White-winged Scoter - many House Finch Ruddy Ducks - many White-crowned Sparrows Sparrow Hawk Black-bellied Plover - few Snowy Plover - 2 Willet Least Sandpipers Sanderlings - many January 9, 1960, Aquatic Park, Berkeley, Alameda Co. Calif. 3:40-3:55p.m.PST. Z- Ovc. Blue Heron - 1 Common Golden-eyes - few adult M's -200-F and Imm's. Snowy Egret - 5 Bufflehead - few adults Mallard - 4 Ruddy Ducks - 300 Baldpates - 250 Coots - 35-40. European Wigeon (1 reported) Bonaparte Gull Pintail - 50-70 adults Western Gull Eared, Horned, Pied-bill Grebes Canvasbacks, Lesser Scaups, Co