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Cogswell
1950
Ardea herodias
July 3 6680+ ft, ½ mi. NW Palisade L., Placer Co., Calif (SE¼ Sec 29
R14E, T 17 N)
In early p.m. one flew northward across the spindly
lodgepole pine forest of this glaciated plateau, which
is dotted with small lakes & has several up to ½ mi. by.
July 26 Little Washoe Lake, 5020 ft. Washoe Co., Nev. - 6
birds, foraging along shallow water edges of dirt
clods by deeper ditch. [none here on June 27th
or July 12].
Aug.9 only 1 bird here late this a.m.
Aug.23 4 present, in middle of lake, which
is now shallow enough (or weedy
enough) for them to wade out that far.