Field notes, v668
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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