Field notes, v668
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March 17, 1962, Guerneville, Sonoma Co. Calif. 5:30-6 p.m. PST. Ovc. Cool. Band-tailed Pigeons - 45 to SE at 6 p.m. Also 1 at Dry Crk, W of Middletown,Lake Co.3/18 Brewer Blackbirds common Spotted Towhees - 2 Brown Towhee - 6 Oregon Juncos March 18, 1962, Petrified Forest, SW of Calistoga, Sonoma Co. Calif. 9-9:30.a.m. Vulture Stellar Jay Red-tailed Hawk Plain Titmouse Sparrow Hawk Bush Tits Calif. Quail Robins Acorn Woodpecker Western Bluebirds Nuttall Woodpecker - 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglets Violet-green Swallows - 4 Pine Siskins - 18 in 1 flock Spotted Towhees O. Junco March 18, 1962, Sugar Ponds, Woodland, Yolo Co. Calif. 4:15-4:40 p.m.PST Pied-billed Grebe - 2 Wilson Snipe Redwings Mallards Killdeer Meadowlarks pintails Red-backed Sandpipers - 15-20 Brewer Blackbird Cintaál -1 pr. Dowitchers Cowbirds - 12's Shoveller - 6 pr. Avocets - 35(red-heads) Vultures Calif. Gulls Marsh Hawk Horned Larks Sparrow Hawk Violet-green Swallows - 8 Gallinule Cliff Swallows - 35 at By-pass - 1st of season Coots - 100's Pipits March 25, 1962, Mt. Diablo State Park, Blue Oak Campground, Contra Costa Co. Calif. Vulture several over area White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Red-shafted Flicker - 2 Wren - tits - a few heard Scrub Jays - several pair Western Bluebird - 4 Western Crow - 2 over Audubon Warbler - 1 Plain Titmouse - 5 or 6 May 22, 1962, Marshes of Solano Co., W of Vallejo, Calif. 7:30 a.m. and 8 p.m.PDST. In the a.m. - 1 Common Egret In the p.m. 1 Common Egret 2 Snowy Egret 12 Snowy Egret 1 Blue Heron 2 Black-crown Night Heron 1 fem. Shoveller 15 Common Tern 15-20 Ruddies 10 Long-billed Curlew Willet, Stilt,Avocet Avocet, Willet and Stilts. June 2, 1962, NE of Granite Bay, Folsom Res.State Park, Placer Co.Calif. 10a.m.-2p.m. Vulture - several Bush Tits - many flocks of 15-25 Red-tailed Hawk - 1 w/gopher snake Plain Titmouse - 4 pair Calif. Quail - several in brush areas Betwick Wren - 1 Killdeer- few pairs around lake Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 Calif. Gull - 4 or 5 - big flocksnight roost NW Redwings - 6 Mourning Dove - 2 pair Bullock Oriole - 2 Anna Hummer - 2 females Brewer Blackbirds Acorn Woodpecker Brown-headed Cowbird Western Kingbirds - 6 House Finches Ash-throated Flycatcher - 3 Spotted and Brown Towhees Cliff Swallow - 2 Lark Sparrows common W. Crow - 2 Bell Sparrow - 4 Magpie, Yellow-billed - 1 Lesser Goldfinches -2 Scrub Jay - 1 Common Goldfinches - 30 At 2:30 p.m. East end of Eden Oaks Av off Hazel Av - Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 Yellow-breasted Chat Black-headed Grosbeaks