Field notes, v668
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May 18, 1958, Carson Valley, Stewart-Genoa and return, Nevada. 11-1215 noon PDST. Canada Goose - 2 Cinnamon Teal - 1 pair Vulture - 12 Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper - 2 Willet - 8 Red-shafted Flicker - Lewis Woodpecker - in cottonwoods, Genoa Rough-winged Swallows Barn Swallows Cliff Swallows. Black-billed Magpies common W. Crow Robin Starling - 2 pair Yellow Warblers House Sparrow Meadowlarks Yellow-headed Blackbirds Redwings Brewer Blackbirds Bullock Orioles Brown-headed Cowbirds Black-headed Grosbeak Lark Sparrows May 18, 1958, Spooner Summit, U.S. 50, Nevada. 1230-1 p.m. Clear, calm, warm. 7138' el. Vulture - 2 Wood Pewees common Mountain Chickadees common House Wren - 3 pair Robins Yellow-Warbbers - 4-6 Wilson Warbler Western Tanager Aspen just leafing. Black-headed Grosbeaks Cassin Finches were very common Green-tailed Towhee Oregon Junco Lincoln Sparrow Song Sparrow May 19, 1958, Echo Lake Chalet, Eldorado Co. Calif. 4:15-4:35 p.m. PDST. Clear, calm. Blue Grouse - hooting near cabins. Wood Pewees Oregon Juncos - only birds. May 24, 1958, Sacramento Bypass, Yolo Co. Calif. 7:15-8:15 a.m. PDST. Clear, calm. Pied-billed Grebe - 2 Green Heron - 1 Blk-crnd Night Heron - 8 Mallard - 25-30 pair Wood Duck - 2 Sparrow Hawk - 1 Pheasant - 2 Calif. Quail - 4 Coot - 18@20 Killdeer - 4 Calif. Gulls - 150 Mourning Dove - 6 - 2 nests w/o eggs Flickers in willows. Nuttall Woodpeckers Tree Swallow w/ feather for nest Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow Ash-throated Flycatcher - 4 Black Phoebe Scrub Jay - 2 Yellow-bill Magpies - 11 W. Crow - 4 Marsh Wren - 1 Cassin Vireo - 1 Pileolated Warbler House Sparrow Meadowlarks -20 Redwings - 25 Bicolor, and 100 other sp. Tricolor Blackbird - 250-300 Br. Blkbd. M & F with nest material Cowbird - 16M and ? F Bullock Oriole - 2 Blue Grosbeak - 2M (5) - 3 Brown Towhee - 1 Spotted Towhee - 2 Common Goldfinch Lesser Goldfinch Grasshopper Sparrow - 3 - 12½ sp. In addition - the following were seen elsewhere along Woodland Hiway in Yolo Bypass and sugar pond area 8:15-8:35 a.m. PDST. Gadwall - 3 Cinnamon Teal - 1 pair Shoveller - 2 pair Vulture Red-tailed Hawk Red-bellied Hawk Avocets Stilts Common Tern - 3 imm. - out of season???? Acorn Woodpecker Western Woodbird Calif. Shrike. X -- species above so marked were also seen on the Sacto. River from Knights Landing to Meridian, 9:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., and return, 1:45-4:30 p.m. PDST.