June 28-30, 1957, Meeks Creek basin chain of lakes - Craig, Genevieve, Stony ridge (7840'el.) Rubicon and Grouse Lakes, Eldorado Co. Calif. Weather clear, warm, TailFly calm. Golden Eagle - 1 coursing Rubicon Pk ridge Rufous Hummingbirds Red-shafted Flickers common Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-red-breasted? Williamson Sapsucker - pair White-headed Woodpecker - few Wood Pewees Little Flycatchers - last and first callers Olive-sided Flycatcher Steller Jay - common Clarke Nutcrackers - 2 on Rubicon Pk. ridge Mountain Chickadees - very few this year. Rock Wren in talus areas. White-brst Nuthatches - 2 pair Pigmy Nuthatches - small flocks- families? Brown Creeper - darn few winter plumage Robins common - 1 nest at 13' top small lodgepole. Young being fed. Under tall trees. Hermit Thrush - 3 or 4 singing Townsehd Solitaire - 2 seen Mountain Bluebirds - several Yellow Warblers Audubon Warblers Duck - 2 pr. TownsendWarblers - [illegible] Pileolated Warblers Hermit Warblers Western Tanagers - many pairs Black-headed Grosbeaks common Lazuli Bunting - 2 seen. Evening Grosbeak - saw 6 Cassin Purple Finch - very common Pine Grosbeaks - 1 pair seen Pine Siskins - flocks common Red-crossbill - 7-8 seen Green-tailed Towhee - 1 at Hidden L. Oregon Juncos - nesting, too. Eggs Chipping Sparrow - 6 pair White-crowned Sparrows Lincoln Sparrows - few September 28, 1957, Conway Ranch, Yolo Co. (Bypass) Calif. 2-4:30p.m. Ovc, lgt. shrs. Western Grebe - in mottled gray plumage, red eye and yellow bill. Pied-billed Grebe - 3 Blue Heron - 9 Mallard - 15-20 Baldpate - 1 maturing M Vulture - 6 to N toward river roost? Red-tailed Hawk - 3 or 4 Sparrow Hawk - 12-15 Coots - 30-50 Killdeer - 12 Lesser Yellow-legs - 2 Mourning Doves - 100& Burrowing Owl - 2 Red-shafted Flicker - 2 Nuttall Woodpecker - 1 Barn Swallow - 3 (100-125 at LakeWashington) Crow - 3 Scrub Jay - 4-6 Tule Wren - 2 Calif. Shrike - 10-12 Pileolated Warbler - 2 House Sparrow W. Meadowlark Redwings Brewer Blkbd. House Finches Savannah Sparrows White-crowned Sparrows 12's Song Sparrows - 4 November 14, 1957. Excelsior Rd S of C.S.H. 16, Sac.to. Co. Calif. 10:15 a.m. Ponds Pied-billed Grebe - 1 Sparrow Hawk - 3 Gallinule - 1 Coots - 12's Killdeer - 15-20 Greater Yellow-legs - 15 Lesser Yellow-legs - 7 Dowitcher - 11 Red-shafted Flicker Horned Larks Crows common Mockingbirds Pipits common Calif. Shrike House Sparrows Meadowlarks Redwings Brewer Blackbirds - large flocks House Finches - many small flocks Common Goldfinches Lesser Goldfinches Savannah Sparrows common White-crowned Sparrows