Field notes, v570
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Coppell 1948 Journal 17 # Upper Lake Ranger Sta. Lower Mahnke Ranch Upper Mahnke Ranch Nov 21 (cont.) Brown Towhee 3 5+ 4 *Bells Sparrow ?! Oregon Junco 5+ 10+ 20+ White crowned Sparrow 2 Golden crowned Sparrow 15 -several- 40+ Fox Sparrow 10+ (1 Sang) Song Sparrow 5+ 1 Nov 25 San Francisco Bay Shore, Albany & E. Richmond, alameda & Contra Costa cos., Calif. 11:30-12:30 - I made the following count of water birds in the area from just N.of base of St. Isabel (but not going off main highway, so :. missing some birds well out on the sides of the peninsula) S. to Fleming Dt. (N. end of Golden Gate Fields Race track). The tide was going out rapidly & in fact the great mass of birds toward the end were too far away to identify as to species, hence the ?? on the nos. of some. Entries under species accounts for those marked : * Horned Grebe - 1 Eared Grebe - 6+ Western Grebe - 6+ Pintail 2500 (careful estimate) Canvasback 300 est. Lesser Scaup 5+ {15,000 diving ducks * Golden eye (sp?) - 34 well out in bay, majority prob. there}