Mayhew 1950 Journal 28 April 2 Conaway Ranch, 2 miles east of Woodland, Yolo Co., Calif. Greater Yellow-legs - 4 Marsh Wren - 4 Red-winged Blackbird - 1 Pheasant - 2 House Finch - 4 White-crowned Sparrow - 2 Pipit - 3 American Egret - 3 Savannah Sparrow - 1 Snowy Egret - 4 Mallard - 2 Bittern - 4 Coot - 1 Avocet - 1 Marsh Hawk - 3 Cinnamon Teal - 3 Great Blue Heron - 2 Killdeer - 3 Meadowlark - 2 Pintail - 3 Crow - 4 Canvasback - 4 Pied-billed Grebe - 4 Shoveller - 3 Green-winged Teal - 4 Horned Lark - 4 Cliff Swallow - 2 Brewer's Blackbird - 3 Barn Swallow - 3 Yellow-headed Blackbird - 2 Black-necked Stilt - 4 White Pelican - 4 Tri-colored Redwing - 4 Farallon Cormorant - 4 Long-billed Dowitcher - 3 Barn Owl - 4 Florida Gallinule - 4 Mourning Dove - 3 Calif. Quail - 4 Red-shafted Flicker - 4 This makes a total of 40 species seen today. April 4 Today was spent counting the breeding pairs of Mallards on the north & east portions of the ranch. The weather was clear with just a slight freeze. I saw the first pair of Wood Ducks I've ever seen in the wild. They were on a pond in the willows along the Yolo by-pass, at the edge of Swanson's.