Field notes, v668
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August 28, 1962, Sonoma Co. marshes W of Vallejo, Solano Co. 8:15-8:35 a.m.PDST. Blue Heron Common Egret Ruddy Ducks common Marsh Hawk - 1 pr. Golden Plover - 1 Greater Yellowlegs - 1 Willet - 1 Avocets - 12's In evening on return, 3 Snowy Egrets and several Forester's Terns. August 28, 1962, Mouth Russian R, Jenner, Sonoma Co. Calif. Noon-12:30 p.m.PDST. Brown Pelican - 2 mi. up-river. Double-crested Cormorant up river Vulture - 2 or 3 Florida Gallinule - 2 in pond at CSH 1. Coots - 6 California Gulls Mourning Doves Bush-tits Wren-tit - 1 calling Red-wings at CSH 1 bridge. Song Sparrows August 28, 1962, Sonoma Co. Coast, Goat Island to Bodega Bay, 12:30-3 p.m.PDST. Sunny to heavy fog last 1 1/2 hours. Western Grebes - 45-50 in "pod" offshore. Baird Cormorants - 12's Brown Pelicans - many on islands, and later as fog rolled in, several moving north along coast to those same islands. White-winged Scoter - only "duck" seen. Vultures - several Red-tailed Hawk - 2 perched on posts Killdeer Hudsonian Curlew - 1 on offshore rock. Godwits - in marshes along highway Long-billed Dowitchers Western and Least Sandpipers. Red Phalaropes - several winter plumage Western Gulls California Gulls Ring-billed Gulls Heermann's Gulls - immature plumage. Mourning Doves Rufous Hummers common Barn Swallows - pairs and small gatherings. Ravens - 4 Scrub Jays Redwings Ebrewr's Blackbirds August 28, 1962, Bodega Bay, Sonoma Co. Calif. 3-4p.m. PDST. Cool, strong breeze,fog. Pacific Loon - 1 Brown Pelicans Double-crested Cormorant Brandt's Cormorant Blue Heron - several White-winged Scoter Osprey on bay mud-flat post California Quail -many, with young. Killdeer Black-bellied Plover - 2 Semi-palmated Plover - 4 Lesser Yellowlegs- 15-20 Willetts Godwits very abundant Western and Least Sandpipers Western Gulls Heerman Gulls Ring-billed Gull Rufous Hummers abundant about flowers Belted Kingfishers Barn Swallows House Finches common Sept. 16, 1962, Arcade Crk, Del Paso Park, Audubon Trip. 8-10:30a.m.PDST.Sacto.Co.Calif. Valley Quail - few Pheasant - 2 Killdeer - 2 Mourning Dove - pairs Hummer Red-shafted Flicker -2 Acorn Woodpecker - 8 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Nuttall Woodpecker - 2 W. Wood Pewee - 1 Scrub Jays - 30-40 Yel-billed Magpie - 6 Plain Titmouse - 10 Bush Tits - 30 White-breasted Nuthatch - 4 House Wren - 1 Bewick Wren - 4 Mockingbird - 1 Orange-crowned Warbler - 3 Yellow Warbler - 2 Black-throated Gray - 4 Townsend WarbTier - 2 Wilson Warbler - 6 Warbling Vireo - 1 Brewer Blackbird Meadowlark Brown-headed Cowbird House Finches