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September 5-9, 1958, Zephyr Point, Lake Tahoe, Nevada. 6230' el. Weather clear to T Stms.
Common Merganser - up to 13, all in F dress.
Calif. Gulls - 6-8 most of time. 2 adults.
Barn Owl - 1 over 1 evening
Red-shafted Flicker - 2 or 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 4
Hairy Woodpecker - 2
White-headed Woodpecker - 2
Western Flycatcher - 1
Stellar Jay - 25-30 - watched one chasing pigmy nuthatches several times for their food.
Clarke Nutcracker - 3 just one a.m.
Mountain Chickadee - 8 or 10 pair
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4
Pigmy Nuthatch - 25 or so
Brown Creeper - 2 seen
Robin - 5
Audubon Warbler - 25 total
Wilson Warbler - 6-8
Western Tanager - 2
Pine Grosbeak - 4
Green-tailed Towhee - 1
Junco - 6
Fox Sparrow (Gray-headed) - 4
September 24, 1958, Gray Lodge Refuge, Butte Co. Calif. 9:45-10:45 a.m. PDST. Clear, calm.
Blue Heron - 2
Common Egret - 18
Blk-crn Nite Herons - 58
Snow Geese - 15
Mallard -(200,000 all species)
Baldpate.
Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal.
Redheads
Ring-necked Ducks
Canvasbacks
Vultures - dozens
Red-tailed Hawk - 6
Marsh Hawk - 2
Sparrow Hawk - 5
Coot
Killdeer
Mourning Dove - prs.
Red-shafted Flickers
Western Kingbird - 2
Barn Swallows - 12's
Cliff Swallows - 12's
W. Crows - 45-50
Marsh Wren - 4 or 5 singing
Calif. Shrike - 2
Meadowlark
Redwings-(1 million roost nights)
Brewer Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbirds
White-crowned Sparrows
Song Sparrows
Sept. 24-26, 1958, Caribou and vicinity, N.Fk, Feather R. Plumas Co. Calif. Deep canyon.
Stellar Jays about camp
Dipper - 8 seen along river between Caribou and Jct. with USH0Alt. 7 mi. to south.
Robins - a few about camp.
Sept. 25, 1958, Bucks Creek Powerhouse and Tramway, Storrie, Feather R. Canyon, Calif.
Golden Eagle - 1
Band-tailed Pigeons - 35-40
Red-shafted Flicker
Hairy Woodpecker
Rock Wren
Sept. 25, 1958, Indian Valley, U.S.H0 Alt., Plumas Co. Calif.
Vultures - 4
Band-tailed Pigeons - 25-30
Red-shafted Flicker - 3
Aud. Warbl. 1
Sept. 26, 1958, Quincy, Plumas Co. to Sierraville-Loyalton, Sierra Co. Calif. 9-12 noon.
Pintail - 25
Ruddy Duck - 2
Vultures -15-20
Red-tailed Hawk -6 or 7
Marsh Hawk - 1
Sparrow Hawk - 15-20
Calif. Gull
Band-tailed Pigeons - 15-20
Red-shafted Flicker
Hairy Woodpecker
Horned Larks
Stellar Jays
Black-billed Magpies
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Robins
Mountain Bluebirds - 30-40
Loggerhead Shrike
Audubon Warbler
Meadowlarks
Brewer Blackbirds
October 3, 1958, Folsom Lake Park, Placer Co. Calif. 1-130p.m.PST. Hot, calm. Clear.
Vulture - 7-8
Sparrow Hawk
Red-shafted Flicker
Scrub Jays
Plain Titmouse
Canyon Wren - 1 in granite boulder area with brush
Robin
Audubon Warbler
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - lM singing in blue oak
Brewer Blackbird
Brown Towhees
White-crowned Sparrows