Field notes, v570
Page 61
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Cogswell 1948 Journal 18 Nov. 25 (cont'd.) Scoters sp.? - numbers with distinct scapes Buddy Duck - 300 est. Red-breasted Merganser - 34 Coot - 15+ Xuldees - 12 Black-bellied Plover - 30+ Willet - 350 est. Least Sandpiper - 3800 estimated nos. Red-backed Sandpiper - 6200 arrived at by Western Sandpiper - 4600 "sampling" % of Marbled Godwit - 2 each sp. in closer Sanderling 8+ flocks + applying Avocet 2 same to est. of Glaucous-winged Gull - 200+ whole mass Western Gull 70 est. Herring Gull 1+ California Gull 100 est. Ring-billed Gull 100-est. Short-billed Gull 160 est. Bonaparte's Gull 150 est. Horster's Tern 15+ Nov. 27 - Jewell Lake & vicinity (hill to W.) Tilden Regional Park Contra Costa Co. NE of Berkeley, Calif. 10:20 - 11:40 - with my wife & son I walked along bridle trail from end of road, up steep " " at extreme N.W. corner of park to N.W. of lake. Complete list of birds seen.