Field notes, v669
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June 29, 1974 Plumas Ski Club area, Eureka Ridge, above Johnsville, Plumas Co. Calif. 6:45-7:30 p m. Clear, warm, calm. w/ Leaches. Mountain Quail Nighthawk Red-shafted Flicker Olive-sided Flycatcher nest on N side Abies magnifica up 25-30' and 6' out from trunk atop twig spray fork. Wood Pewee Flycatcher building nest in Arctostaphylos patula 3&3/4' high. 2" inside diameter and 1½" deep. Fline plant material with composite pappus lining. Red-breasted Nuthatch Mountain Bluebirds M&F Townsend Solitaire Robins Yellow Warbler McGilvray Warbler Wilson Warbler Black-headed Grosbeak nest at 40' on SW side of red fir, 8-9' out. Green-tailed Towhee Fox Sparrows common. June 30, 1974, Webber Lake, Sierra Co. Calif. Golden Eagle - 1 Robins Ring-billed Gulls Western Tanager Western Flycatcher Oregon Juncos and young out of nest Olive-sided Flycatcher Chipping Sparrow W.White Pine Townshend Solitaire Golden-mantled Ground Squairrel. Crested Flycatcher at Nyack, near Emigrant Gap, Nevada Co. Calif. June 30, 1974, Arden Park, Sacramento, Calif. 6-8 p.m. Warm, calm, clear. Mourning Dove House Sparrow Yellow-billed Magpie Brewer Blackbird Scrub Jay House Finches Mockingbird Brown Towhees - 2 along El Sur St. Robins July 1, 1974, C. M. Goethe Park, S side American R., Saeto. Co. Calif. 815-830a.m. W/ Bette Kimball and Jo Smith Calif. Quail - several pairs Downy Wpkr. Bewick Wrens Bullock Oriole Calif. Gulls Plain Titmouse Mocker Brewer Blackbird Mournign Doves Yel-billed Magpies Robin House Finch Kingfisher C. Crows Starling Ruf-sided Towhee Red-shafted Flicker Scrub Jays Calif. Redwings and at Aerobject Jct on US 50 - Ash-throated Flycatcher & Lesser Goldfinches. July 1, 1974, Nimbus Dam, American R. Sacto. Co. Calif. 845-9 a.m. White-throated Swift - 1 Scrub Jay Kingfisher House Sparrows Rough-winged Swallow House Finches Cliff Swallows July 1, 1974, Folsom Lake, Dam to Brown's Ravine, Sacto and El Dorado Co. Calif.920-1025 Turkey Vulture Ash-thrtd Flycatchers Meadowlarks Red-tailed Hawk Western Kingbirds Redwings w/ buff band Killdeer Wood Pewees(2) BrnRav. Ballock Orioles Calif. Gull V-g,Tree,Barn, Bak & Cliff Swallows Cowbirds Ring-billed Gull Com. Crows Brewer Blackbirds Mourning and Rock Doves Yellow-billed Magpies House Finch Kingfisher Scrub Jays Ruf-sided Towhees Red-shafted Flicker Bush Tits -2 family groups Downy Woodpeckers Plain Titmouse Acorn Wpkr. Wh-brstd. Nuthatches Nuttall Wpkr. Wren Tits Hairy Wokr. Western Bluebirds