Field notes, v570
Page 149
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Cogswell 1949 Journal 9 Feb.6 (8:2) Turkey Vulture - 2 (1 perched in tall oak) Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 * Band-tailed Pigeon - 50+ few over + 100+ along road (see species account). Red-shafted Flicker - 8+ Yellow-billed Magpie - 10+ Crow - 2 Plain Titmouse - 1 Bewick's Wren - 1 (heard "mreet" call) Robin - 5+ Hermit Thrush - 1 Western(?) Bluebird - 8 in 1 flock, flying over. Spotted Towhee - 4 Brown Towhee - 6 Oregon Junco - 15+ White-crowned Sparrow - 40+ Golden-crowned Sparrow - 3 + 20+ more Zonotrichia sp? Song Sparrow - 2 In fields along the road we saw the usual Piglets, Savannah Sparrows, Meadowlarks and Blackbirds + a few Horned Larks, and at one stop (to investigate a butes which turned out to be a Red-tail) we saw a flock of about 25 am. Goldfinches and 2 Greenbacks. At a barnyard nearby one possible Starling (a "black bird" with a short tail) was glimpsed in a flock of Braver's Blackbirds + Redwings but lost sight of.