Field Notes Doug Bell Location: Preston Ranch, near Moraga, Contra Costa Co., Calif. Date: April 16, 1989 willow area, entrance to ranch American Goldfinch: singing males; >30 Northern Oriole: Pair, singing male; 2 pairs Common Bushtit: 2 Red-winged Blackbird: singing males Starling: 11 Yellow-rumped Warbler: pair House Finch: singing males >20; Purple Finch: singing males ~5 Mockingbird: pairs. Red-tailed Hawk: 11 Brown Towhees: 1111 Raven: pairs Golden-crowned Sparrow: 11 Song Sparrows: 3 pairs. Calif. Quail: Scrub Jay: 11 Kestrel: 1 Chestnut-backed Chickadee: 2 Killdeer: 2 Ladder-backed Woodpecker Upper Lake: Meadowlarks: 111 Mallard Duck: pair - eclipse plumage Starling: 1 Kestrel: 1 Ridges - Northern end Red-tailed Hawks: 3 birds, including one bird still incubating on nest - clear view of her red tail. Meadowlarks: 1111 Red-winged Blackbirds: 11