Field notes, v668
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January 12, 1960, Lot 16, Del Norte Woods, Clairidge Drive, Sacto. Co. Calif. 12:45-12:55 Noon. Redshafted Flicker - 8 Scrub Jay - 4 Yellow-billed Magpie - 26 Western Crow - 11 Robins - 6 Cedar Waxwings - 17 Starlings - 11 W. Meadowlark - 2 Brewer Blackbird - 16 House Finch - 4 Lesser Goldfinch - 10 Brown Towhee - 2 White-crowned Sparrow - 6 March 10, 1960, Yolo Bypass, Yolo Co. Calif. 7:40-7:45 a.m. PST. Common Egrets Mallards Marsh H-wk Coots Tree Swallows Cliff Swallows - 4 Starlings - 2 Meadowlark Bicolor Redwings March 10, 1960, Napa River, Vallejo Bridge, Solano Co. Calif. 8:50-a.m. PST. High Tide Pied-billed Grebe Canvasbacks - 250 Ruddy Duck-7 Coots -40 Brewer Blackbirds March 10, 1960, Solano Co. Marshes W of Vallejo, Solano Co. Calif. 8:50-9 a.m. PST. Eared Grebe - 4 Mallard - 10 Pintail - 150 Shoveller - 3 pair Lesser Scaup - 15 Canvasbacks - 12 Bufflehead - 2 pair Ruddy Duck - 500, w/2full M's Marsh Hawk - 2 Sparrow Hawk - 1 Pheasant - 1M Coots - 100's Tree Swallows - 12's Calif. Shrike - 3 Redwings Brewer Blackbirds White-crowned Sparrows March 10, 1960, Fairfax-Alpine Dam (8 miles), Marin Co. Calif. 10-10:30 a.m. Redwood-myrtle-D.Fir- oak habitats. Calif. Quail - 6 Red-shafted Flickers Black Phoebe at Dam Violet-green Swallows Wren-tits Robins Brown Towhees March 10, 1960, Mt. Tamalpais ridge and Peaks, Marin Co. Calif. 11:15-1:15 p.m. PST. Clear. Vultures - 25-30 in area. Redtail Hawk - 3 (1 hovering) Rufous Hummingbirds Red-shafted Flicker Acorn Woodpecker Say Phoebe - 3 Stellar Jay (red-tail call) Scrub Jay Wren-tits - many calling Robins - 100's Mountain Bluebirds - 15-20 Audubon Warbler - 2 Oregon Juncos White-crown Sparrow March 10, 1960, Bolinas Lagoon-Stinson Beach, Marin Co. Calif. 1:45-3 p.m. PST. Warm, part-cloud. Lesser Loon - 1 Horned Grebe - 9 Eared Grebe - 2 Western Grebe - 15 Pied-billed Grebe - 4 Farallon Cormorant - 18 Blue Heron - 8 Common Egret - 15 Snowy Egret - 15-20 Pintails - 50 Shovellers - 12 Redhead - 2 Canvasback - 150 Bufflehead - 10 Common Golden-eye - 40-50 Suff Scoters - 50 Ruddy Duck - 7-800 Common Merganser - 4 Red-breasted Merganser - 1 Coots - 100's Sparrow Hawk - 2 Long-billed Curlew - 5 Western Sandpiper - 45 Gulls - 100's Belted Kingfisher - 6 Western Crow - 20 House Finches 35 pair on fresh water grassy fieldood 150x500 size. south of Oleana March 10, 1960, Tomales Bay, Sonoma Co. Calif. 3:45-4:05 p.m. PST. Red-throated Loon 1 Eared Grebe - 1 Horned Grebe - 3 Western Grebe - 7 Pied-billed Grebe - 2 Farallon Cormorant - 30 Pintail Common Golden-eyes - 75-80 Surf Scoters - 40 Ruddy Ducks - 100's Herring Gull Calif. Gull Belted Kingfisher - 6