Field notes, v668
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January 6, 1970, Harbor by JFKennedy Airport, New York City, NY. 1:30 p.m. Greater Scaup - 12's Common Golden-eyes- 8 Common Eider - 4 Red-breasted Merganser - 7 Herring Gull Black-backed Gull 3478 January 7, 1970, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 8:15-9 a.m. Sussex Drive, Nat. Rsch.Council.-8° F. Sparrow Hawk - 1 Rock Doves - 12's no starlings or sparrows in 2 days in town. tracks of 1 rabbit - cottontail? 3479 January 8, 1970, Montreal Airport Quebec no birds of any type seen 1/8 or 1/6 3480 January 8, 1970, Boston Harbor at airport, Massachusetts. 2:30 p.m. EST European Cormorants on small island Black Duck - 12's Greater Scaup - 12's Common Golden-eyes Common Eiders Common Scoters - 12's Red-breasted Mergansers Coots Black-legged Kittiwake Black-back Gull Herring Gull Bonaparte Gull Ring-billed Gull Snow Buntings and Lapland Longspurs. 3481 January 11, 1970, Potomac R. Carderock, above Cabin John Bridge - 2:45-3:15 p.m. Ovc- 20° F. Pied-billed Grebe - 1 Bufflehead - 20-25 imm or F plum. Common Golden-eyes - 4 pr. Common Merganser - 1 pr. Turkey Vulture Black-cap Chickadees Mockingbird Carolina Wren White-thrtd. Sp. Song Sp. 3482 January 17, 1970, Sycamore Landing and Hughes Hollow, Mont. Co.Md. 11:10-1215 Brkn, 40-50° Calm Heron tracks in snow en frozen pond. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 Red-tailed Hawk - 1 Mourning Dove - 2 Yellow-shafted Flicker - 4-open areas Red-bellied Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Blue Jay Common Crows Carolina Chickadees Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Carolina Wren - 1 Mockingbirds - few Starling - dozen Meadowlark - 3 Grackles - 5 Cardinals - 12's Red Crossbills - 8 Common Goldfinch - 4 Slate-colored Junco - 12's Tree Sparrow - 3 White-throated Sparrow - 12 Swamp Sparrow - 24 Lincoln Sparrow - 2 Fox Sparrow - 1 Song Sparrow - 8 3483 Jan. 17, 1970, Violet Locks, Potomac R., Mont. Co.Md. 1240-50 noon. Ovc. Cool, calm. Black Ducks - 18 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Blue Jay - 2 Pine Siskin 16 S-c Juncos - 12's 3484 Jan. 29, 1970, Dulles Hiway, 7:50-8:20 p.m. Ovc. 10-15 mph. EST Turkey Vulture Sparrow Hawk Mourning Dove Yellow-shafted Flicker Starlings Rusty Blackbirds Common Grackles Brn.hd Cowbird Slate-colored Juncos 3485 Jan. 29, 1970, San Francisco Bay, Calif. 1135-and-1:15 p.m. PST. Clear, cool, breezy. Western Grebes Coots - 12's on grassy strips Western Bulls Ring-billed Gulls Calif. Gulls Western Bluebirds 3486 Jan. 29, 1970, Fresno, Fresno Co. Calif. 2:25- 4 p.m. PST. Clear, warm, breezy. Killdeer Rock Doves Mourning Doves Western Mockingbird Audubon Warblers House Sparrows W. Meadowlarks Brewer Blackbirds House Finches Lesser Goldfinches 3487