Field notes, v668
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/Nevada Co.Calif. April 16, 1961, Camp Beale, Dry Creek near NCO Club. 10-1 p.m. Clear, warm. Vultures - 4 Calif. Quail Acorn Woodpecker -many Flickers Western Kingbirds- 12's Ash-throated Flyc. -1 Tree Swallows - 4 Violet-green Sw- 20 Plain Titmouse White-brst.Nuthatch Yellow Warbler -2 Redwings - 12's Bullock Oriole -2 Lesser Goldfinches Lark Sparrow -12's White-crown Sp. April 30, 1961, Humphrey Lodge or "The Gateway" W of Colfax, N of U.S. 40, Placer Co.Calif. on hilltop of Canyon and Black Oak and Yellow Pine, Manzanita,Buckbrush,Lilac,Deerbrush Vulture - 2 Band-tailed Pigeons - flocks Allen Hummingbird Red-shafted Flicker Acorn Woodpecker Wood Pewee Plain Titmouse Wren-tits common Scrub Jays W. Crows Robin Solitary Vireo Yellow Warbler Cowbird Blk-head Grosbk. House Finch Lawrence Goldfinches Spotted Towhee Brown Towhee Chipping Sparrows June June 16-17, 1961, Camp Harvey West, Upper Echo L., Eldorado Co.Calif. 7600' el. Calif. Gull - 2 Hairy Woodpecker - 1 Wood Pewees common Olive-sided Flycatcher - 2 Tree Swallows Stellar Jays - 12's Clarke Nutcrackers - 3 Mountain Chickadee - few 12's Slender-bill Nuthatch - 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Brown Creeper - 4 Robins - 12's Townsend' Solitaire - 1 Audubon Warblers Wilson Warblers - 10-12 Western Tanager - 15-20 pair Black-headed Grosbeak - 4 Pine Grosbeak - 2M and 5 F or imm. Cassin Finches - 15-20 Green-tailed Towhee - 2 Oregon Juncos - 12's of pairs Chipping Sparrows - 2 Fox Sparrows - 6 or 7 No snow locally, except on high ridges. Breezy and warm. June 22, 1961, Bass Lake & vicinity, Eldorado Co.Calif., 5:50-6:25 a.m.PDST. Arctic Loon - 1 Pied-billed Grebe - 2 Vulture - 2 in snag, sunning. Red-tailed Hawk - 1 Sparrow Hawk- 14 Pheasant - 1 Calif. Quail - 1 pr & 5 ½-grn. young Killdeer Mourning Doves - 12's Acorn Woodpecker - 12's Western Kingbirds - 12's Ash-throated Flycatcher - 5-6 pr. Tree Swallow - 5 Cliff Swallow - 25 Scrub Jay - 8-10 Western Crows - 15-20 Yellow-billed Magpies - 20-25 Plain Titmouse - several pairs w/ Gilbert S. Raynor, Manorville, LI, N.Y. White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Wren Tit - 2 Robin - 2-4 Western Bluebirds - 12's House Sparrow Meadowlarks Bicolor Redwings Bullock Oriole - 4 pr. Brewer Blackbird - 25-30 Cowbirds - 12's and 12's House Finches - 100's Spotted Towhee - 10 pair Brown Towhee - 6 pair Common Goldfinches - Lark Sparrows - 12's Bell's Sparrow - 2 Song Sparrow - 12's June 22, 1961, Mormon Isl Dam and Folsom Dam, Eldorado Co.Calif. 6:30-8 a.m. PDST. Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Sparrow Hawk - 6 Calif. Quail Killdeer - 12's Mourning Doves - 12's Acorn Woodpecker - 12's Nuttall Woodpecker - 1 Western Kingbird - 40-45 Ash-throated Flycatcher - 2 also with Gilbert S. Raynor or Manorville, Long Isl.NY. Wood Pewee? Black Phoebe Violet-green Swallow Tree, Barn and Cliffs Scrub Jay - 15-20 Yel-bill Magpie - 12's C rows - 6 Rock Wren - 5 at main dam,west end, w-b.Nuthatch. Robin - 3; W. Bluebirds - 12's Meadowlark-12's Redwings - 8-12; Bullock Oriole - 6-8; Cowbirds - 12's; Black-headed Grosbk-1F Blue Grosbeak -1M at Mormon Island; House Finch, Common Goldfinch-6, Brown Towhee, Spotted Towhee, Lark Sp.-12's, song sparrow