Field notes, v668
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February 25, 1959, U.S. Hiway 50, Perkins, Sacto. Co. to Strawberry, Eldorado Co.Calif. Clear, warm, calm. White Pelican - 2 circling high over Sierras and gliding west, Nof US50 W of Strawberry. Vulture I with 2 Pelicans at same time in same direction at same place! 1130a.m.PST. Say Phoebe - near White Rock Jct. Cliff Swallows - 2 at culvert 8 of Folsom, and 2 at Culvert #1. Stellar Jay - only birds in Strawberry trees with Mtn. Chickadees, Pine Siskin & Grosbeaks. Mountain Chickadees - few with Jay, Siskin, and Grosbeak Dipper - 1 along S.Fk, Amer. R. below Kyburz - lots of snow about. Mtn. Bluebirds - a few South of Folsom, W of White Rock Jct. Starlings - a few near Rosemont Village and 100's on grassed hills W of Clarksville. Pine Grosbeak - 5 or 6 with Jays, Chickadees and Siskins near Strawberry. Pine Siskins - 12-15 with Jays, Chickadees, and Grosbeaks near Strawberry. March 4, 1959, Folsom Lake and Vicinity, Sacto and Eldorado Co's,Calif. 7a.m-9a.m. Western Grebe - 14 Pied-billed Grebe Mallard Shovellers - 4 Lesser Scaup - Buffleheads - 7 Common Merganser - 2 Vulture - 1 Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Spar row Hawk Calif. Quail covey Coots very abundant Killdeer Calif. Gulls Rock Doves Murning Doves Belted Kingfisher Red-shafted Flicker Acorn Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Nuttall Woodpecker Black Phoebe Say's Phoebe - 2 Tree Swallows Cliff Swallows Calif. Jays Yellow-billed Magpies W. Crows Plain Titmice White-breasted Nuthatch Robins Western Bluebirds Ruby-crn Kinglet Vic Herrmann. Pipits Loggerhead Shrike Phainopepla - 3 or 4 near Mormo N Isl. Audubon Warbler W. Meadowlarks Bicolor Redwings Brewer Blackbirds House Finches common Lesser and Common Goldfinches Spotted Towhees - 2 Brown Towhees - dozen Lark Sparrows Oregon Juncos Golden-crowned Sparrows White-crowned Sparrow, Song Sparrow March 7, 1959, 8 miles S of Oroville, Butte Co. Calif. 815 a.m.PST Common Egrets Snowy Egret Baldpates Pintail 1000's of Coots Greater Yellow-legs. March 7, 1959, Grass Lake, Siskiyou Co.Calif. 11 a.m. Clear and cool, light breeze. Lots of Whistling Swan 22 - 200& Canada Goose - 40 Ducks - over 500 Mallard, baldpate, pintail, Canvasback, Lesser Scaup. Coot - 300 Redwings. water. March 7, 1959, MacDoel to Oregon Line. Redtail Hawks - 2 N of Dorris Robins - 40-50 N of MacDoel Mtn. Bluebirds - 2. March 7, 1959, Oregon Line - Klamath Falls, Oregon. Snow Geese Marsh Hawk - 3 Starlings - 1000's Mallard - pairs Coots Meadowlarks LesserScaups Calif. Gulls Redwings Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Black-billed Magpies Brewer Blackbirds In Link River, Klamath Falls: Cormorants, Canvasbacks, Lesser Scaups Common Golden-eyes - paired Coots and Redwings. March 8, 1959, Depot Bay, Lincoln Co. Oregon. All day, br'm, rain showers, cool. Baird Cormorant & Horned Grebe Surf Scoters Kingfisher Spotted Towhee Coots Red-shafted Flicker Oregon Junco Oystercatchers - 2 Raven - 2 Song Sparrow Black Turnstones - 25 Northwestern Crows - mny Herring Gull Oregon Chickadees Western Gulls Robins common