March 29, 1961, SE Sacto Co, Bradshaw-Calvine-Excelsior-Jackson Rds. 10-11a.m. Clear,breezy. Mallard - 2 Cinnamon Teal - h pair Baldpate - 6 Vulture - 1 Sparrow Hawk - 1 Calif.Quail - 6 at Calvineyard Pheasants - 3 Coots - 12's Killdeer - 12's Greater Yellow-legs - 10 all over Lesser Yellow-legs - 2 on Carmencita Calif. Gulls - 15-20 Mourning Dove - h Burrowing Owl - 1 Red-shafted Flicker - 10-17 Horned Larks Cliff Swallows - 10-15 Barn Swallow - 3 Yellow-hill Magpie - 12's W. Crows - h W.Mockingbird - 10-15 Pipits - 12's Logger Shrike - 10-15 House Sparrow W. Meadowlarks Bicolor Redwings Tricolor Redwings - 27-30 Brewer Blackbirds Dwarf Cowbirds - 15 House Finches Grasshopper Sp - 1 White-crowned Sps. 2663 April 1, 1961, Napa R. and Solano Co. Marshes, Vallejo, Calif. 9-9:30 PST. Clear,warm. Eared Grebes Western Grebe - 1 Pied-billed Grebe - 12's Common Eget - 1 Snowy Egret - 1 Mallards Cinnamon Teal - h pair Pintails - 12's Shoveller - 12's Canvasback #=12's Lesser Scaup - 1 Bufflehead - 6 Ruddy Duck - 100's Sparrow Hawk Killdeer Black-bellied Plover - some full adults Willets - 12's Godwits - 12's Long-billed Curlew - 12's Western Sandpipers Least Sandpipers Avocet - few Meadowlarks Redwings Brewer Blackbirds 2664 April 1, 1961, Bodega Bay, Sonoma Co. Calif. 10-2 p.m. PST. Clear, warm, breezy Common Loon - 1 Red-throated Loon - 1 Red-necked Grebe - 2 Horned Grebe -15 Eared Grebe - 2 Western Grebe - 7 Double-crst Cormorant Brandt's Cormorant Common Egret - 2 Black Brant - 5-700 Canvasbacks White-wing Scoter - few Surf Scoter - 150-200 -got pics Common Merganser - h Vulture - 1 Osprey - 2 feeding over bay area, would dive from 100' or so, take fish, fly to fence post, or even on mud flat or dry grassy knoll to feed. Fish to 15-16" or so. Watched gulls chase Ospreys from their"atch". Took pics. Sparrow Hawk - 1 Coots - 12's Black Turnstones on jetty and bay flats Killdeer Hudsonian Curlew - 1 Long-billed Curlew - 6 Godwits - 12's Willets - 150& Red-backed Sandpipers - 100's, some full reddish adults, with the black bellies. Dowitchers - 12's Western Sandpipers Least Sandpipers Sanderlings - 150-200 California Gulls Western Gulls Herring Gulls Ring-billed Gulls Pigeon Guillemot in surf north of Bodega. Violet-green Swallow Barn Swallow Meadowlarks Redwings Brewer Blackbirds House Finches Common Goldfinches Song Sparrows 2665