Mallard notes, v4295
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Mayhew 1950 April 4 Conaway Ranch, 2 miles east of Woodland, Yolo Co., Calif. The following birds were seen today: Greater Yellow-legs - 3 Mallard - 2 Red-winged Blackbird - 1 Coot - 2 Pipit - 4 Marsh Hawk - 3 Savannah Sparrow - 2 Calif. Gull - 4 Meadowlark - 2 Pheasant - 2 Marsh Wren - 3 American Egret - 3 White-crowned Sparrow - 2 Cinnamon Teal - 3 Bittern - 4 Killdeer - 3 Tree Swallow - 3 Pintail - 4 Avocet - 1 Crow - 2 Pied-billed Grebe - 4 Brewer's Blackbird - 3 Horned Lark - 3 Turkey Vulture - 4 Cliff Swallow - 2 Sparrow Hawk - 4 Great Blue Heron - 2 White Pelican - 2 Red-tailed Hawk - 4 Barn Swallow - 3 Song Sparrow - 3 Farallon Cormorant - 4 Black-necked Stilt - 4 Mourning Dove - 3 California Jay - 4 Spotted Towhee - 4 Yellow-billed Magpie - 4 Fox Sparrow - 4 Long-billed Curlew - 4 Wood Duck - 4 Black Phoebe - 4 Least Sandpiper - 3 Red-shafted Flicker - 3 Calif. Shrike - 4 This makes a total of 44 species of birds seen today. April 10 This evening (5 P.M.) I covered the ditches on the extreme S.E. corner of the ranch looking for the territories of breeding pairs of Mallards. These