Coggswell 1949 Journal 130 Dec. 4- Gray Lodge Refuge, S.W. Butte Co., Calif. coming in in fair shape. Lack of swans shows that normal winter flocks are not yet all here. After lunch we drove around 3/4 of the outer loop road, stopping [illegible] for 15 min. or so along Butte Creek [illegible] at NW end of refuge. Birds seen in the riparian growth there, are marked with (r.) in the list below. Leaving the refuge about 4:00 p.m. we drove toward the Buttes thence [illegible] the road which skirts the NW corner of them. Here we saw a huge flock of geese, 3+ species, and 1 of 220+ cranes — all spreading out on stubble fields at dusk to feed. List of Bird Species seen on or near Gray Lodge Refuge, S.W. Butte Co., Calif: (including goose & crane flocks NW of Buttes). Beld's-billed Cuke - 1+ Dbl. cr. Cormorant - 1 Great Blue Heron - 8+ Am. Egret - 5+ Snowy Egret - 1 * Black-cr. Night Heron-400+ Am. Bittern - 1 Large Canada Goose - 4+ Lesser .. .. - 1+ Cackling .. .. - 2+ Unidentified dark gese sr. hundred White-fronted Goose - 1000+ Snow Goose . 10,000+ Ross Goose . 2+ Mallard 80,000 est Sndwall 10+ Pintail 60,000 est Green-w. Teal 500 est Cinnamon Teal 2+ Shoveller 50+ Baldpate 50,000 est Scap, sp? 3