EAC 38-40, Sioux City, March-May 1968
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Santa Barbara (cont'd) Falco sparverius (1) Sparrow Hawk Mergus serrator (1) Red-breasted Merganser One male seen by Kleen. Haematopus bachmani (8) Black Oystercatcher Squatarola squatarola (1) Black-bellied Plover One in winter plumage seen by Kleen. Heteroscelus incanum (7) Wandering Tattler Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (2) Willet Arenaria interpres (7) Ruddy Turnstone Larus occidentalis (2,500) Western Gull Western Gulls were roosting on both plateaus as well as on several fairly precipitous inclines. Only two pairs were seen, however, indica- ting that hardly any breeding activity has started. Larus argentatus (2) Herring Gull Cepphus columba (2) Pigeon Guillemot Tyto alba (2) Barn Owl Kleen found two on his nocturnal survey. Speotyto cunicularia (4) Burrowing Owl Megaceryle alcyon (1) Belted Kingfisher Colaptes cafer (1) Red-shafted Flicker Eremophila alpestris (73) Horned Lark A common bird which was singing and paired. Kleen found one nest with three eggs. Troglodytes aedon (1) House Wren Salpinctes obsoletus (2) Rock Wren Regulus calendula (2) Ruby-crowned Kinglet Passer domesticus (5) House Sparrow Sturnella neglecta (100+) Western Meadowlark The most common landbird on the island. Males were singing both by