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May 1, 1960, Edison-Tehachapi, Kern Co. Calif. US 466. 10-940 a.m.PDST. Clear.Warm.
Vultures Mourning Doves common Barn Swallows
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 M Western Kingbirds Cliff Swallows
Golden Eagle - 2 adults & L imm. Ash-throated Flycatchers Crows and Ravens
Sparrow Hawk Say Phoebe Meadowlarks
Killeer Horned Larks BBB Bullock Oriole H.Finch
May 1, 1960, Along US60-70, Blythe area, Riverside Co. Calif. - 5-515 p.m.PDST.
Mourning Doves abundant Mockingbirds
Poorwills - 3 Starling - male with food in bill.
Western Kingbirds
May 2, 1960, Botanical Garden area Phoenix-Tempe, N of US60-70, Maricopa Co. Arizona 85a.m
Mourning Doves House Sparrows
Rough-winged Swallow Brewer Blackbirds
Cactus Wren - nesting SE side fork of Brown-headed Cowbirds
Saguaro branches at 9' ht.
Ad zona Cardinals
Curved-billed Thrasher House Finches
Starling nest in NW side of Saguaro at 12'-pic
May 2, 1960, US 80-89, Florence SE to Oracle Jct.(A.S.H.77),Pinal Co.Arizona 11-12noon MST
Vultures Western Kingbirds Hooded Oriole - 4
Red-tailed Hawk Mex. Crested Flyc. MYIARCHUS W. Yellowthroat
Gambel Quail - 12 TYRANNUS
Scrub Jays House Finches
Mourning Doves White-neck Raven - 2 Abert Towhees
Road-runner - 1 Verdin - nest & young at
Gila Woodpecker left in creosotebush. Curved-bill Thrasher
Cassin Kinbirds Phainopepla - 2 Bendire Thrasher
May 2, 1960, Tucson Mountain Road, W of Tucson. 340-415 p.m.MST. Pima Co. Arizona
Vulture Cactus Wren - nests at 8 and 10 feet in forks of Saguaros.
Red-tailed Hawk Desert Sparrow - 8
Gilded Flickers
Gila Woodpeckers
May 2, 1960, Old Tucson area, Pima Co. Arizona 4:30-6p.m.MST. Warm, becoming cloudy.
Vultures LeConte Thrasher & nest w/ 3 eggs in Teddy-bear cacut at 4'.
MourningDoves House Sparrow
White-whinged Doves House Finches
Gila Woodpeckers - nest E side saguaro at 16'.
Western Kingbirds Rufous-crowned Sparrows - several pairs.
Cassin Kingbirds
Say Phoebe - 2
May 3, 1960, Tucson to base Hitchcock Hiway to Mt. Lemmon. Pima Co. Arizona. 8:15-940 &
Vulture Vermilion Flycatchers Scott Oriole 5:40-6 p.m.MST.
Marsh Hawk Western Kingbirds House Finches
Mourning Dove Cactus Wrens
White-winged Dove Starlings
Inca Doves Longerehead Shrikes
May 3, 1960, Hitchcock Hiway, Cypress and Sycamore Groves below Bear Canyon Campgrnd.PimaCo.
Vulture - Windy Point
Broad-billed Hummingbirds common - Cyanthus latirostris
Board-tailed Hummers - Selasphorus platycercus - came fast to owling calls.
Rivoli Hummingbirds - several - Eugenes fulgens - responded fast to owling calls.
White-throated Swifts at Windy Point.
Beardless Flycatcher - Camptostoma imberbe - 2 seed.
Wood Pewees
Olivaceous Flycatcher - Myiarchus tuberculifer olivascens - 3
White-necked Raven - 3 OVER -->