Field notes, v668
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June 16-17, 1960, S. End Lake Tahoe, Pope Beach and Argante's Cabin, Eldorado Co. Calif. Clear and warm, becoming scld to brkn in p.m. Strong breezes. Mallards - 2 pr. Red-tailed Hawk - 1 Sparrow Hawk - 1F mobbed by redwings at Pope Beach, Spotted Sandpiper on beach Killdeer - 2 Mourning Dove - 6 Red-sahfted Flicker Hairy Woodpecker Williamson Sapsucker Wood Pewee Violet-green Swallow - 1 Tree Swallow - 3 Stellar Jay - several Mountain Chickadees common Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper House Wren - 1 Robin Hermit Thrush Townsend Solitaire Audubon Warbler Wilson Warbler House Sparrow W. Meadowlarks Yellow-headed Blackbirds Nevada Redwings Brown-headed Cowbird Brewer Blackbirds Black-headed Grosbeak Evening Grosbeaks widely distributed Western Tanagers Cassin Finches Green-tailed Towhees Oregon Juncos 2630 June 17, 1960, Silver Lake, Amador Co. Calif. 4-4:20 p.m.PDST. White-headed Woodpecker Wood Pewee Stellar Jays Mountain Chickadees Red-breasted Nuthatches Pigmy Nuthatches Brown Creepers Robins Evening Grosbeaks common Pine Grosbeak - 1F Brewer Blackbird Oregon Junco 2631 July 28, 1960, Carnelian Bay, Lake Tahoe, Placer Co. Calif. Noon-8 p.m. PDST. Warm, calm. Sparrow Hawk - F and young calling from hole in pine snag. Calif. Gull - few Pacific Nighthawk - 1 over boat harbor at 8 p.m. Wood Pewee - noisy family groups here and there - 1 pair w/ 4 young at Waltrip cabin. Tree Swallow - 2 over boat harbor Mountain Chickadees - few Pigmy Nuthatch - 1 family group of 7 Robin - very few - 1 nest on ledge at Sugar Bowl Lodge with young - 3 years in row. Audubon Warblers Hermit Warbler - 2 pair Pine Grosbeaks - adult and young at Waltrip's cabin. Oregon Juncos. 2632 August 13, 1960, Solano (& Yolo)Cos., Calif. U.S.ho/Elmira Jct. south to Rio Vista, and return via Liberty Island Road to U.S.40 E of Davis. 65 miles.7:23-1005PDST.Fair. Blue Heron - 1 Pintails - several flocks - over 250 total Vulture - 15-20 White-tailed Kite - 3 singles. Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Marsh Hawk 9 Sparrow Hawk - 15-20 Calif. Quail - 1 Pheasant - 2 adults and 25 young total Coot - 1 Killdeer - 15425 Long-billed Curlew - small and large flocks - total 127 Mourning Dove - 72 (90/100 road miles) Burrowing Owl - 5 in one spot - total 12 Western Kingbird - 35-40 (5 togethe Horned Lark - 3 Barn Swallow - 15 Cliff Swallow - 100's over Lib.IsL. Scrub Jay - 1 near Davis W. Crow - 75-100 total(50 in 1 flk) Shrike - many pair - 21 House Sparrow - 100's,many young W. Meadowlark - 30 Redwings - 15-20 Bullock Oriole - 1 Brewer Blackbird - 12's Dwarf Cowbird - 7 House Finch - 12's 2633