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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