April 12, 1963, Woodward Reservoir Area, Stanislaus Co. Calif. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Pied-billed Grebe Mourning Dove Cedar Waxwing Cowbird Red-tailed Hawk Red-shafted Flicker Loggerhead Shrike House Finch Marsh Hawk Western Kingbirds -many Starling Yellow-head BB- 1 Sparrow Hawk Barn Swallow House Sparrow Savannah Sp. Pheasant Cliff Swallow Meadowlark Vester Sparrow Coots - 12's Scrub Jay Bicolor Redwing White-crown Sp. Killdeer Mockingbird Tricolor Reds-100's Greater Yellow-legs Robin Brewer Blackbird April 12, 1963 - Eugene-Milton, 10 road-miles, Calif. 11:35-11:55 a.m. Blue Heron - 1 Cliff Swallow - 81 Shoveller - 1 Loggerhead Shrike - 4 Sparrow Hawk - 1 Meadowlark - 16 Vesper Sp. 2 Killdeer - 2 Bicolor Redwing - 11 White-crowned Sparrow - 13 Mourning Dove - 2 Tricolor Redwing - 482 Western Kingbird - 1 Brewer Blackbird - 3 Horned Lark - 713 House Finch - 4 April 12, 1963, Milton, E up into foothills and Milton Res, Calif. 11:55-12:25 noon. Vulture -5 Barn Swallow Bullock Oriole - 2 Coot - 250-300 Yellow-billed Magpies Brewer Blackbird Killdeer Plain Titmouse Cowbird Rufous Hummer Western Bluebird Lawrence Goldfinch - 12 Acorn Woodpecker Orange-crowned Warbler Rufous-sided Towhee Western Kingbirds - prs. Western Meadowlarks Brown Towhee Horned Larks Bicolor Redwings Lark Sparrow Rough-winged Swallows Tricolor Redwings Toyons still in bright berry! April 12, 1963, Hogan Res. area, Calaveras Co. Calif. 2:45-3 p.m. Blue Heron Bullock Oriole Lark Sparrows Belted Kingbisher House Finch White-crowned Sparrows Black Phoebe Lesser Goldfinches Audubon Warbler Brown Towhee April 12, 1963, Camp Seco Pond, N of Valley Springs, Calaveras Co. Calif. 3:10-3:15 Eared Grebe - 1 Western Kingbird Blue Heron - 1 Bicolor Redwings Prs. of Cinnamon Teal and Ring-necked Duck -6M & 4F Brewer Blackbirds Mallards NE of Wilton. Coot - 4 Bullock-Orioles Killdeer May 3, 1963, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co. Calif. 10a.m.-6:15 p.m.PDST. Near Mariposa, Deer brush seemed early, and Red-bud late, in flowering. No snow in valley, but all regular and many"new" falls running full. Several feet of snow at Glacier Point. Many more species and individuals Glac.Pt. than valley Whitethroated Swifts - abundant many places Robin - few Vaux Swift - few seen Warbling Vireos Belted Kingfisher - along Merced R.below Mirror Lake. Orange-crowned Warbler Red-shafted Flicker Yellow Warbler Acorn Woodpecker AudubonWarbler - Glacier Pt. Pileated Woodpecker-near Arch Rock Hermit Warbler - Vernal Fs. trail Hairy Woodpecker - sev. in valley Redwings & Brewer Blackbird White-headed Woodpecker - Glacier Point Western Tanager - 1M - 3F -F's also Maripos Stellar Jay-more common than before h&lo Black-headed Grosbeak-valley Clark Nutcracker - 1 near Bridal Veil Evening Grosbeaks - Glacier Pt. Pigmy Nuthatch - flocks valley and Glac.Pt. Red Crossbills - Gl.Pt. Red-breasted Nuthatch - valley Pine Siskins - Glac. Pt. Brown Creeper - valley Oregon Junco - Glac.Pt. Winter Wren - Vernal Falls Trail Chipping Sparrow - valley Canyon Wren - near Vernal Falls - first time ever heard this thrilling bell-tone song.