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Mayhew
1950
Journal
38.
May 20 Conway Ranch, 2 mi. east of Woodland, Yolo Co., Calif.;
Pheasant - 4 Bittern - 4
American Egret - 3 Avocet - 3
Snowy Egret - 3 Cinnamon Teal - 4
Crow - 4 Killdeer - 3
Horned Lark - 4 Forster's Tern - 4
Cliff Swallow - 1 Black Tern - 4
Brewer's Blackbird - 3 Barn Swallow - 3
Calif. Jay - 4 Burrowing Owl - 4
Baldpate - 4 Kingbird - 4
Ruddy Duck - 4 Pintail - 4
Double-crested Cormorant - 4 Ring-billed Gull - 2
Black-crowned Night Heron - 3 Mourning Dove - 3
Tri-colored Redwing - 2 Black-necked Stilt - 3
Yellow-headed Blackbird - 2
This makes a total of 37 species seen today.
May 31 Today I spent several hours walking,
through wheat fields looking for Mallard
nests, but without success. The birds
seen today were:
Greater Yellow-legs - 4 Mallard - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 1 Coot - 4
Marsh Hawk - 4 Great Blue Heron - 3
Meadowlark - 3 Black-crowned Night Heron - 4
American Egret - 3 Snowy Egret - 3
Tree Swallow - 4 Killdeer - 3
Crow - 4 Black Tern - 4
Cliff Swallow - 1 Barn Swallow - 3
Brewer's Blackbird - 4 Turkey Vulture - 4
Yellow-headed Blackbird - 3 Tri-colored Redwing - 3
Black-necked Stilt - 3 Florida Gallinule - 4