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Yb. Goldfinch. Stockton to Lockford; Mockingbird. Lockford to
Zone; Yb. Waspie (3), Crow, Meadowlarks ab., W. Knightbirds ab.,
Stop 2: Lark Sparrow, Horned Lark (very ab.), B. Oriole (heard), Hearing
Tow (Bigger Pries, Bluebells ab.) (B Heron), Br. Towhees, W. Bluebirds,
Robin (heard). Stop 3. Consumnes River (Yellow Pries): (St. Goldfinch
ab.), Wood Pewee, Nuttall Woodpecker (Linnely), Titmouse,
Sluder-billed Nuttatch, Yellow Warbler, (Robin seen), Hutton Vireo,
To Pleinville: Chipping Sparrow, Lazuli Bunting ab.,
Stop 4. Lunch place; (Yellow Pries, Doug-Firs, Cedars, White Firs,
Sugar Pries, Wafle, Oaks etc.) :2 Creeper, Chickadee, Caveris
Woodpecker.
Echo Lake [Lodgepole Pries, W. White Prie (monticola), White-bark
Prie (albicaulis) (a few), Red Fir, White fir (a few), Hemlock,
Aspens, willows etc.] : W. Firs ab., Senna Woodpecker (cp?),
Calliope Hummer (females seen), Rufous Hummer (males seen),
(Wood Pewees very ab., nest seen. One on first dead limb of
large Cooper - A female Purple Finch alighted on the
end of the branch. Almost immediately the Wood P. attacked
the finch and drove her away). (Chive-sided Pygcatcher (one
above the Leavens' camp; one across the lake); Blue-
fronted Jay (not too ab.); Clark Nutcracker (many seen. Other
birds objected when one came near to nest) Carson Purple
Finch (not seen, both striated plumage - females apparently)
White-crowned Sparrow (very ab. Came to Leavens' porch for corn bread
when we were 3ft. from it. One pair feeding young, one pair
with nest just completed, one egg July 15) (Chipping Sparrow),
Eriea juncea very ab., Yosemite Fox Sparrows ab.; Green-Tailed
Towhee ab., W. Tanager ab., (Violet-green?) Swallow (birds seen at
public camp at upper end of upper Echo. Very cloudy, flying
high. Miss Glassing thinks they are Tree Swallows. She saw them
at a nest on one of the islands near the upper end of lake)
W. Vires ab.: Calaveras Warbler (song sharp, accepted.
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