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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