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Cogswell
1950
Zenaidura macroura
June 22 5750 ft. 2 mi. E Truckee, Nevada Co., Calif. - 1 flying along
Truckee River in open grassland-willow valley between
sagebrush & Jeffrey Pine woodland on slopes all about.
- 5750 ft. 2 mi. W. Boca Dam, Nevada Co., Calif. - a pair were on
the ground, presumably foraging, at the roadside in a narrow
sagebrush-grassland-valley amid open Jeffrey Pine forest.
June 25 Truckee to Sierra City via State Rt. 89 - several seen
in similar country.
June 27 Truckee meadows S of Reno, Washoe Co., Nev. - several seen
along US Route 395 in pastures & hay fields.
June 28 E side Boca Reservoir, 5600 ft, Nevada Co., Calif. - 2 flew over
sagebrush covered flat near Jeffrey Pines.
July 12 Reno v vicinity, 4500 ft., Washoe Co., Nev. - 3 seen from
highway thru grassy farmland
July 26 about 10 seen on similar trip over same,
- Heiger Lookout, 5540 ft. [illegible] 2 mi. E Steamboat Sprgs.
Washoe Co., Nev. - 2 flew downslope over juniper-
junipes woodland.
- Little Washoe L, 5020 ft., Washoe Co., Nev. - flock of
4 flew across sagebrush slope near lake,
& 2 from grassy flat beyond lake.
July 27 Drosser Cr., 5650 ft. 1 1/3 mi. E, 3 1/2 mi. N Truckee Nevada
(p.m.) Co., Calif. - about 5 flushed from willow-dotted
grassland along stream; sagebrush on nearby slopes.
(p.m.) Little Truckee R valley, 5800 ft., Sierra Co., Calif. - 3
seen in 10 min. walk across similar, but larger,
valley. One was flushed from a NEST (2eggs)
placed on a bent-over willow branch about 3 ft. from mys