Field notes, v668
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November 19, 1958, Bryte-Davis by RiverRoad and Road 102 (south), 9-9:40 a.m. All waterbirds on new Davis Sewer Farm. Clear, calm and cool. Eared Grebe - 7 Canvasback - 1 pr.not full plum. Common Golden-eye - 3 For imm? Ruddy Duck - 8 Vulture - 2 Marsh Hawk - 3 Sparrow Hawk - 6 Coot - 75-100 Killdeer - 25-30 W & Least Sandpiper -50 Mourning Dove - 2 Red-shafted Flicker - 2 Scrub Jay - 1 Yellow-bill Magpie - 12's Western Crow - 45-50 Water Pipits - 100's House Sparrow Meadowlarks Redwings - 10 Brewer Blackbird - 15-20 Cowbird - 2 House Finches Common Goldfinches Savannah Sparrows White-crn Sparrows Golden-crn Sparrows November 22, 1958, Gray Lodge Refuge, SW Butte Co.Calif. Clear, calm, cool, 9:15-7p.m. Pied-billed Grebe - 12's scattered Blue Heron - 15-20 Common Erret - 1 Blk-crn Night Heron - 5-6 Common Bittern - 15-20 Whistling Swan - 1 crip yng & 6 ad & 6 yng. Canada Goose - Lesser - 1000's Cackling Canada Goose - 1000's (Emperor Goose - one in stock pen) White-fronted Goose - 1000's Ross Goose - 6 Snow Goose - 75-100,000 Mallard - (probably a million total,all species) Green-winged Teal - 1 Pintail Baldpate Gadwalls - 4 pair Shoveller - 50 pair Ring-necked Duck - 3 or 4 Ruddy Duck - 4 or 5 seen ? Merganser - 1 by Pickett Hooded Merganser - 1 by Evenden Vulture - 3 or 4 groups of 6-12 each Red-tailed Hawk - 6 Marsh Hawk - 4 or 5 Sparrow Hawk - 20-25 seen Pheasants - 12's, with season on. Sandhill Crane - 65-80 total seen Virginia Rail - 1 adult Gallinule - 12's in sloughs Coots - 1000's everywhere Killdeer - 12's Lesser Yellow-legs - 2 seen Calif. Gull Mourning Dove - 12's Burrowing Owl - 2 Kingfisher - 1 Red-shafted Flicker - 12's Nuttall Woodpecker - 1 Say Phoebe - 1 Black Phoebe - 1 Horned Larks - 12's Tree Swallows - 150-200 near headquarters. Scrub Jay - 2 Western Crow - 15-20 Bush-tits Marsh Wren - 15-20 Ruby-crowned Kinglets - 12's Loggerhead Shrike - 2 Starling - 7-8 in one tree and few others. Audubon Warbler - 12's Meadowlarks, 100's Redwing & BBB - 10,000's House Finch White-crown Sparrow Song Sparrow November 22, 1958, Sutter Buttes, Pennington-West Butte, 13 miles Butte Co.Calif -125-215 p. Vulture Redtailed-Hawk Sparrow Hawks - 12's Burrowing Owl Red-shafted Flicker Lewis Woodpecker - sev. at Penn. & others. Mourning Dove - pairs Yellow-billed Magpies Starlings - 15-20 Audubon Warbler House Finch Meadowlark Brewer Blackbirds. December 6, 1958, Gray Lodge Refuge, Clear, calm, warm. 10-1p.m.PST. Butte Co.Calif. Similar species listed, but with following adjustments on some: Bittern - 30-35 seen. Common Egret - 8 Snowy Egret - 2 Geese and ducks - not too many more. Sandhill Crane - 35-40 seen Gallinule - 2 seen Lesser Yellow-legs - 1 Dowitchers - 50 Avocet - 1 imm.or winter plum Say Phoebe - 1 at Hq. Tree Swallow - 20-25 about Hq. Starlings - 5 or 6 seen Yellow-headed Blkbd. 250-300 in area with Blk-crn Nite Herons. Around West side of Buttes - 1 Burrowing Owl, many Starlings and Lewis Woodpeckers