Accounts of birds, mammals, amphibians, and plant catalogue, v4551
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Mayhew 1950 Avocet 4. May 30 Conaway Ranch, 2 mi. east of Woodland, Yolo Co., Calif. adult was found where some animal had eaten it + scattered the bones around a little in the weeds. 1952 May 16 Gray Lodge Refuge, Butte Co., Calif. 1 A pair were seen on a shallow pond with 2 newly hatched young wading with them. 2 Another pair was seen with 1 youngster. May 23 One pair of adults was seen on a small pond, but 6 young were seen in the pond. 4 of them were about 2 weeks old, the other 2 were about ½ the size of the older ones.