April 29, 1959, Oakport Road, Alameda California. 11:15-11:50 a.m.PDST Marsh and tide flats Blue Heron - 1 Common Egret - 2 Canvasback - 15 Semi-palmated Plover -- 3 Wilson Plover - 2 Coots - 12's Killdeer - 12's Long-billed Curlew - 4 Goodwit - 100's Willett - 2 Dowitchers - 100's Least Sandpipers slops and bottoms, Carmen Dunes Western Sandpipers Red-backed Sandpipers Avocets - 12's Forester's Terns Herring Gulls Mourning Doves Barn Swallows Western Meadowlarks Redwings Brewer Blackbirds House Finches Song Sparrows 2521 May 30-1, 1959, Argante's Cabin area, Tahoe Valley, Eldorado Co. Calif. Frost early a.m.s. Red-shafted Flicker - several pair Williamson Sapsucker - 1 F seen. Wood Pewee - very abundant Stellar Jay - 3 or 4 pair Clarke Nutcracker - 4 seen Mountain Chickadee - few pair Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 White-breasted Nuthatch - 4 Pigmy Nuthatch - 15-20 seen Brown Creeper - 10-12 Robin - several pair - 1F feeding 2/3-grown young. Also F on nest in Jeffrey Pine-SW20'up. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 Audubon Warbler - 2F and 10-12 full males. Brewer Blackbird - many pair Brown-headed Cowbirds - 15-20 pair Cassin Finches - 25-30 pair Western Tanager - 2M per LF, 15-20 total Evening Grosbeak - 6-10 M & F. F carrying pine needles from ground early a.m. Green-tailed Towhee - several pair. 1 adult carrying dry grasses to nest on ground on north of short barkless old log in bitterbrush-open Jeffrey area. Oregon Juncos - many pair Chipping Sparrow - 8-10 pair. Fox Sparrow Fox-Song Sparrow Hybrid?? - Size and brown-tone coloration of Fox, with wedge marks on throat, but lower breast clear, with single large spot in center of it. Song was strong, but similar to Song Sparrow. Perched 15-30' up in incense cedar.Bruce S. Song Sparrow - few 2522 May 30, 1959, Pope Beach and Spit, S shore, Lake Tahoe, Eldorado Co. Calif. 9-11 a.m.PDST. Eared Grebe - 1 White Pelican - 4 Blue Heron - 1 Common Bittern - 8 Canada Goose - 8 Mallard - 18 Cinnamon Teal - 20 Ruddy Duck - 2 Common Merganser - 6 Golden Eagle - 1 Pigeon Hawk - 1 (W/WKK) Sparrow Hawk - 2 Coot - 25-35 Killdeer - 6 Spotted Sandpiper - 18 Wilson Phalarope - 10 Cahifa Gull - 9 Forster Tern - 6 Mourning Dove - 1 Red-shafted Flicker - 2 Wood Pewee - 5 Tree Swallow - 6 Barn Swallow - 6 Cliff Swallow - 20 Stellar Jay - 5 Black-billed Magpie - 6 Mountain Chickadee - 4 Robin - 8 Yellow Warbler - 16 Audubon Warbler - 10 W. Meadowlark - 4 Yellow-headed Blackbird -50 lmchasing Magpie Redwings - 70-80. lMchasing yellow-headed blkbd.M. Brewer Blackbird - 25 - 1 egg and 5 eggs in nests. Brown-headed Cowbird - 6 Cassin Finch - 2 Brewer Sparrow - 2 (with WKK) Lark Sparrow - lM Fox Sparrow - 2 Song Sparrow - 20 2523