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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