Field notes, v570
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Logswell 1948 Journal Oct. 16 - Napa Valley, from Vallejo to Calistoga, Napa Co., Calif. 12:00 - 14:00 — with my family (wife, Bessie, & son, Denis) I drove along hi-way # 29, stopping only to observe birds of interest. Entries made in species accounts for: Butes jamaicensis Buteo swainsonii Asyrdescmus lawisi Corvus brachyrhynchos Molothrus ater complete list of species seen entered in roll book. Bitter Creek road, between Calistoga, Napa Co., and Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., Calif. 14:00 - 15:00 Nice hill country through each, with a trickle of water yet in some of the stream beds. Open grassland + scattered oaks merging into dense oak-laurel in canyons and replaced (some places abruptly) by chaparral on higher slopes and peaks. No birds of particular interest, although at one point along Bitter Creek I thought I heard an Evening Grosbeak (!!) along Highway US-101, Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., Calif. to San Rafael Marin Co., Calif. 15:00 - 16:00 Simply drove most of way here. one interesting flock of Corvus brachyrhynchos (which see). Oct. 24 - Diablo Valley, from Diablo to approximately 4 mi. SE thereof; Contra Costa Co., Calif. Leaving Diablo about 2:20 P.M. we (Bessie, Denis, I) drove along paved road up the valley to junction with cut-off going to San Pablo Valley NW of the reservoir.