February 11, 1962, Yolo County, Calif. River Road, Woodland and Davis Sugar Ponds via C.S.H.16 and Co.Rd.102. 11 a.m.-12:30 noon. Cloudy, cool. Pied-billed Grebe Whistling Swans - 15 Common Canada Goose - 100 Cackling Canada Goose - 5 White-fronted Goose - 40 Snow Goose - 500 Mallards - 12's Baldpates - 12's Pintails - 100's Shoveller - 15 Ring-neck Duck - 5 Lesser Scaup - 12 Ruddy Duck - 150 White-tailed Kite - 3 Cooper Hawk - 1 Red-tailed Hawk - 8 Red-bellied Hawk - 1 Marsh Hawk - 5 Sparrow Hawk - 12's & 12's California Quail - 5 Black Gallinule - 3 Coot - 100's Killdeer - 12's Greater Yellow-legs -12's Dowitchers - 25-30 Red-backed Sandpiper - 11 W & L Sandpipers - 45-50 Avocet - 1 Mourning Dove - 25 Barn Owl - 1 Belted Kingfisher - 2 Red-shafted Flicker - 12's Nuttall Woodpecker - 1 Calif Gull - 100's Ring-biled Gull - 25 Mew Gull - 14 Black Phoebe Horned Larks Tree Swallow - 5 Scrub Jays - 12's Yellow-billed Magpies - 15-25 Western Crows - 35 House Wren - 2 Bewick Wren - 1 Robins - 3 Ruby-crown Kinglets - 3 Pipits Starlings - 150 Loggerhead Shrike - 12 House Sparrow Western Meadowlarks Bicolor Redwings Brewer Blackbirds Brown-headed Cowbird House Finches - few Brown Towhee - 3 Spotted Towhee - 1 Savannah Sparrow - 15 White-crowned Sparrow - 12's Golden-crowned Sparrows Song Sparrows - 15 March 10, 1962, Gateway Retreat House, SW of Colfax, Placer Co. Calif. 2700' elev. 6:40-7:30 a.m. 30°F. Clear to Brkn in that time. Slight breeze. Mountain Quail - 4 Valley Quail - 18 Band-tailed Pigeons - perhaps 1,500 or more in pairs to 40-50 per flock from east of Colfax to NW, W, and some to SW and S. Flew in silence - appeare to come up out of N Fk canyon to SE of Colfax. Some flocks were flying back toward the canyon at 4:15 p.m. while it was snowing lightly as we left for Sacto. Red-shafted Flicker - 1 Acorn Woodpecker - 2 Stellar Jay - 2 Scrub Jay - 4 Wren Tit - 3 Varied Thrush - 2 seen and heard, also Hermit Thrush - 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 7 Audubon Warbler - 1 Oregon Junco - 15-20 Brewer Blackbird - 1 over to E, gave call once each"two flurries" of wingbeats March 17, 1962, Solano Co. Marshes W. of Napa R. and Vallejo, Solano Co. Calif.7:55-8:05 a.m. Blue Heron - 3 Mallards - few Pintail - 40 Lesser Scaup - 12's Red-head Duck - 15-20 Canvasback - 20M to 32 F or imm. Bufflehead- 2M to 7F or imm. Ruddy Ducks - 1000's Marsh Hawk - 2 Pheasants Coots - 100's and 100's Willets - 12's Western & Least Sandpipers California Gulls Bonaparte Bull Forester Terns Marsh Wrens Meadowlarks Brewer Blackbirds Redwings