Bird notes, v4398
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Desert Trip 1941 A few Ring-billed Gulls. a few Puddy Ducks, Kill deer, Tree Swallows, Near Owens Lake I saw the Sage Sparrow. We stopped for the night at the Mt. View Auto Camp - Marshy ground behind it. Flocks of Sambel Sparrows, a Song Sparrow, Yellow- Throat, Tule-hen, Marsh Hawk seen. April 2. Mr. McCabe and I went out before Cold breakfast and saw 4 Ring-necked Ducks, and "Coots, a Fanallone Cormorant, Cinnamon Tial, Buffleheads, Meadowlarks, Raven, Sparrow Hawk, Redwings, Br. Blackit., Tree Swallows, 1 And Warbler, 1 P.C. Knight. Mr. Mc. saw a Lincoln Sparrow and heard a Pheasant. As we crossed the upper edge of Owens Lake I saw a pair of W. Ringbids in a brush that stood by itself on the edge of the salt. As we approached the Panamint Range we found the Desert Sparrow. A pair went under a creosote bush and flitted about together. Rock Wrens were singing near by. At the summit of the pass a raven was flying. It suddenly veered to the left and dropped to the ground and I found that a Redtailed Hawk was pursuing it. They were both on the ground - the hawk above the raven. When they flew up the hawk rose in spirals and the Raven flapped, when the raven was