163 Journal R.E.Johnson 1969 March 17 Fallon, Nevada to Baker, Nevada large ranchyard (snow free) further east at the sight of the Bratine Ranch of the Eureka Ranch Co. Besides the 150 head of cattle there were Pintail + Mallard ducks, Meadowlarks, Horned Larks, Red-winged Blackbirds, Starlings, a Raven, 12 Oregon Juncos, a black-billed Magpie, 3 Mtn. Bluebirds, 2 Killdees, one English Sparrow, 1 Robin, 4 Green-winged Teal, 5 Cinnamon Teal + 1 Crow. Just east of this is a pond where 50 ducks (Pintail & Green-winged Teal mostly) & 20 Gulls (Calif. Gulls?) were feeding before I discovered them. They took flight immediately. Quite an oasis in this barren sage country! I reached Eureka (elevation 6837) at 11:30 AM and noticed 3 Rosyfinches just inside the city limits feeding near a pile of baled hay. There were also House Sparrows & Oregon Juncos present. Both L.t. tephrocestis & littoralis were present. I asked a man who lived across the street who owned that property & he said he did. After some discussion & warning by him that since I was inside the city limit the sheriff could arrest me, he gave me permission to collect his property. Just then his wife appeared screaming her head off that I couldn't do it. The husband disappeared and after some time she agreed that I could do it - it was my neck. She