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Changed this date to standard time.
Sept. 24, 1961, Tahoe Valley, Eldorado Co. Calif. Argante Cabin area. 8-9 a.m. PST.
Red-shafted Flicker
Hairy Woodpecker - 15
Stellar Jay
Clarke Nutcracker
Mountain Chickadee flocks with nuthatches and Audubons.
White-breasted Nutahtches - 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3
Pigmy Nuthatch - 15-20
Brown Creeper
Robins - few
Audubon Warbler
Townsend Warbler - bright-plumage male in yellow pine.
Sept. 24, 1961, High Meadows-Star Lake Road, SE of Bijou, Eldorado Co. Calif. 5-6 p.m.PBT.
Robins very abundant all along the road at the higher elevations.
Swainson Thrush - calling clear and loud at dusk on high meadow ridge.
(Spotted Towhee - 1 male seen in chaparral at Rubicon Estates on W side of Lake).
October 15, 1961, American R., S of Arden Park, Sacto. Co.Calif. 11-11:45 a.m.PST.
Pied-billed Grebe - 2
Coots - 6
Gallinule - 2
Flicker, Red shafted - 2
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Killdeer 50-70 a.m. 30P.
Yellow-legs - Greater - 8
Strub Jay
Bewick Wren
Ruby-crown Kinglet
Audubon Warbler
Meadowlarks
House Finches
C. Goldfinches
Clear Creek to W of Tehachapi, Kern, Co. Calif. about noon PST November 2, 1961
Cooper Hawk Red-tailed Hawk, Sparrow Hawk Horned Larks Scrub Jays
Majave, Kern Co. Calif. 1:30 p.m.PST. November 2, 1961
Red-shafted Flicker Crow Shrike
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES * NOVEMBER #3 THRU MOST OF NOVEMBER 7/ 18, 1961- Mexico
Ajo, Pima Co. to Gila Bend, Maricopa Co. Arizona. 4:30-5:05MST - h2 mi. Nov .18, 1961.
Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Mourning Doves - 7 Overcast.
Ferruginous Hawk - 1
Sparrow Hawk - 2 Phainopepla - 1 Audubon Warbler -2
December 9, 1961, Sacramento Wildlife Refuge,Norman, E of US 99W, Yolo Co. Calif.
Noon to 3:30 p.m. PST. Clear, strong, cool breeze from N. Less breeze p.m.
Western Grebe - 3 or 4 ads and 2 imms.
Pied-billed Grebe - 2
D-c Cormorant - 1-20
White Pelican - 350 or so didn't flush much - on mud flat.
Blue Heron - several
Common Egret - few
Blk-crn Night Heron - few in Scirpus
Whistling Swan - 45-50 all day-few darker
C. Canada Goose - few
Lesser Canada Goose - 1000's
Cackling Canada Goose - 1000's
White-fronted Goose - 100's
Lesser Snow Goose - 10,000's
Ross Goose - 15-20 for sure
Mallards - 100's
Baldpates - 1000's
Pintail - 1000's
Shoveller - 100's
Green-wing Teal - few 100
Ruddy Duck - 15
Red-tailed Hawk - 5
Marsh Hawk - 4
Sparrow Hawk - 2
Ring-neck Pheasant - 6
Killdeer
Wilson Snipe
Greater Yellow-legs
Florida Gallinule
Coots
Dowitcher
Avocets
Red-shafted Flickers - some
Marsh Wrens - several scolding.
Pipits common
Starlings - 100's in area, and 1000's to south near Maxwell and Williams
W. Meadowlarks
Yellow-headed Blackbirds - 3
Redwings - 100's Brewer Blkbds - 100's
Savannah, White & Golden-crn, Fox and Song Sparrows.