Madrone, along with the other Bay Area Audubon Council chapters (BAAC), has begun to promote the restoration of wetlands of the San Francisco Bay. Several years ago a large group of agencies, academics, and environmental organizations got together to study the problem of disappearing Bay wetlands. This group recently published the Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals, a document that recommends the restoration of 100,000 acres of wetlands surrounding the Bay. The SF Bay is the most important estuary on the West Coast. It contains 90% of all of California's wetlands.

Three quarters of all Pacific Flyway shorebirds feed or breed in these wetlands. It is also an important habitat for salmon, harbor seals, sea lions, and many other species. Wetlands are of great importance for flood control, and for water quality, acting as a filter for toxins. Most of the wetlands surrounding the Bay have either been filled in or diked for farmland, so it is easy to see why Audubon has become involved in promoting wetland restoration.

With contributions from each chapter, BAAC has begun a campaign to promote the "Goals Report" in the media and with elected officials. BAAC has requested and received endorsement from Audubon California for this campaign, and the state office has dedicated funds and personnel. Audubon-Ca has sent Mike Sellors to the Richardson Bay Audubon Center to guide the effort, and BAAC has hired Bill Rukeyser, a media consultant who was very instrumental in the Campaign to Save Bair Island. The name chosen for the campaign is Audubon's Bay Vision 2020, both to denote what we feel to be a clear vision for future restoration of the Bay, and to recognize that this project may take years to complete.

We feel that with this infrastructure in place, we have the opportunity to make substantial progress in habitat restoration in our area. To this end we could use members' help in identifying areas to restore along the Bay and the Petaluma River, which is included in the goals project. I will also be asking members to lead tours through restored wetlands, phone or write legislators, talk to local officials, or sign petitions, for example. If you would like to help, please call me, Sylvan Eidelman, Madrone's SF Bayland Restoration Rep, at 528-2916. I hope to report the ongoing details and successes of this exciting project in future editions of the Leaves.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service plans to add about three-quarters of the 4,300-acre Skaggs Island to its San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Restoration plans are under study. One possibility is to breach several of the levees that create the wetlands "island" north of Highway 37 and let tidal action restore the natural habitat, according to Marge Kolar, manager of the seven federal refuges in the Bay Area. Another plan would include development of access trails and interpretation programs, she said. A public planning process will be conducted before any decisions are made.

With the Skaggs Island addition, the refuge will cover 16,590 acres of land and water from Mare Island in Vallejo to the Petaluma River. The refuge's shallows, mudflats, salt marshes, and lagoons and adjoining privately held agricultural lands are a major wintering habitat and migration staging area for shorebirds and waterfowl, most notably diving ducks, sandpipers, dowitchers, and godwits. The area is also home to three endangered species--the Brown Pelican, the California Clapper Rail, and the Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse.

Skaggs Island is the site of a defunct Navy communications center, closed in 1993. Ms Kolar said the Fish and Wildlife Service has asked for about 3,240 acres of relatively undeveloped land there. It also is considering seeking the 60 acres that hold the center's 68 buildings. The remaining 1,000 acres is privately owned. Additional levees would likely be needed to protect the private land, Ms Kolar said.

The refuge announced its interest in the 60 acres of abandoned Navy buildings after plans to transform it into a high-tech, multi-use education facility fell through. Ms Kolar said the main problem is finding a government agency to tear down the buildings. "We're still working on that with the Navy, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the General Services Administration."

At present, public access to the wildlife refuge is a trailhead at Tolay Creek, across Highway 37 from Sears Point Raceway. From Highway 121, turn onto Highway 37 east toward Vallejo. A three-mile trail to the bay starts at the new parking lot about ½ mile from the 121/37 junction.

The Madrone chapter joins National Audubon Society in mourning the passing of Hazel Wolf. A 101-year-old crusader for Audubon, Wolf died recently in Port Angeles, Washington. During her long life, she inspired thousands with her wit, drive, and dedication to the environment.

Wolf played a prominent role in environmental efforts on local, national and international levels. Wolf not only co-founded of the Seattle Audubon Society, she worked there as a secretary for 37 years. She organized 21 of the 26 Audubon chapters in the region, including the Black Hills Audubon Society in Olympia.

Many of us in Madrone remember Hazel as a featured speaker (at age 100!) at Audubon's Western Regional Conference at Asilomar in 1998. She was the recipient of a number of conservation awards, including the Audubon Medal, for Excellence in Environmental Achievement (1977). She was the past president of the Federation of Outdoor Clubs and was editor of its magazine Outdoor West, at the time of her death. In 1996, on her 98th birthday, Washington State Governor Mike Lowery declared March 10th as "Hazel Wolf Day." In June of this year, Seattle University conferred upon her a doctorate in humanities, honoris causa.

The family requests donations in her memory be sent to the Kids for the Environment Fund, created in Mrs. Wolf's honor on her 100th birthday. Contributions may be mailed to the Seattle Audubon Society, 80560 35th Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA 98115.

28 Red-throated Loon 16 Sharp-shinned Hawk
54 Pacific Loon 12 Cooper's Hawk
74 Common Loon 6 accipiter, sp
95 loon, sp 43 Red-shouldered Hawk
62 Pied-billed Grebe 188 Red-tailed Hawk
98 Horned Grebe 3 Ferruginous Hawk
7 Red-necked Grebe 10 Rough-legged Hawk
175 Eared Grebe 6 buteo, sp
278 Western Grebe 13 Golden Eagle
25 Clark's Grebe 135 American Kestrel
79 Aechmophorus, sp 2 Merlin
8 Northern Fulmar 14 Peregrine Falcon
2 shearwater, sp 1 falcon, sp
61 Brown Pelican 109 Wild Turkey
42 Double-crested Cormorant 619 California Quail
310 Brandt's Cormorant 1 Black Rail
210 Pelagic Cormorant 6 Virginia Rail
33 cormorant, sp 1 Common Moorhen
51 Great Blue Heron (blue morph) 2943 American Coot
31 Great Egret 114 Black-bellied Plover
32 Snowy Egret 46 Snowy Plover
1 Green Heron 54 Semipalmated Plover
14 Black-crowned Night Heron 692 Killdeer
537 (Black) Brant 28 Black Oystercatcher
29 Canada Goose 62 American Avocet
90 Wood Duck 4 Greater Yellowlegs
136 Green-winged Teal (Am.) 1 Lesser Yellowlegs
196 Mallard 252 Willet
138 Northern Pintail 1 Wandering Tattler
1 Blue-winged Teal 20 Whimbrel
10 Cinnamon Teal 9 Long-billed Curlew
2 teal, sp 1683 Marbled Godwit
56 Northern Shoveler 25 Ruddy Turnstone
12 Gadwall 192 Black Turnstone
4 European Wigeon 156 Surfbird
1171 American Wigeon 10 Red Knot
35 Canvasback 218 Sanderling
30 Ring-necked Duck 403 W. Sandpiper
758 Greater Scaup 324 Least Sandpiper
72 Lesser Scaup 4470 Dunlin
90 scaup, sp 500 peep, sp
12 Black Scoter 2 Short-billed Dowitcher
522 Surf Scoter 1 Long-billed Dowitcher
8 White-winged Scoter 1 dowitcher, sp
255 Com. Goldeneye 19 Com. Snipe
5 Barrow's Goldeneye 5 Bonaparte's Gull
20 goldeneye, sp 234 Mew Gull
1057 Bufflehead 243 Ring-billed Gull
4 Hooded Merganser 675 California Gull
70 Common Merganser 117 Herring Gull
15 Red-breasted Merganser 4 Thayer's Gull
702 Ruddy Duck 954 Western Gull
484 Turkey Vulture 23 Western X Glaucous-winged Gull
8 Osprey 319 Glaucous-winged Gull
17 White-tailed Kite 1 Glaucous Gull
44 Northern Harrier 715 gull, sp
28 Forster's Tern 37 Wrentit
692 Common Murre 23 N. Mockingbird
2 Pigeon Guillemot 1 California Thrasher
17 Marbled Murrelet 81 American Pipit
4 Ancient Murrelet 18 Cedar Waxwing
12 murrelet, sp 3 Loggerhead Shrike
9 Rhinoceros Auklet 2323 European. Starling
1 alcid, sp 14 Hutton's Vireo
214 Rock Dove 2 Orange-crowned Warbler
60 Band-tailed Pigeon 1 Nashville Warbler
164 Mourning Dove 134 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
4 Barn Owl 96 Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler
8 Western Screech-Owl 1245 Yellow-rumped Warbler
15 Great Horned Owl 70 Townsend's Warbler
9 Northern Pygmy-Owl 8 Hermit Warbler
1 Burrowing Owl 9 Common Yellowthroat
5 Spotted Owl 62 Spotted Towhee
2 Long-eared Owl 287 California Towhee
4 Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 Rufous-crowned Sparrow
140 Anna's Hummingbird 55 Savannah Sparrow
19 Belted Kingfisher 108 Fox Sparrow
67 Acorn Woodpecker 323 Song Sparrow
8 Red-breasted Sapsucker 3 Lincoln's Sparrow
26 Nuttall's Woodpecker 2 Swamp Sparrow
20 Downy Woodpecker 2 White-throated Sparrow
15 Hairy Woodpecker 788 Golden-crowned Sparrow
33 Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker 1424 White-crowned Sparrow
67 Northern Flicker 107 sparrow, sp
2 Northern (Yel-sh. X Red-sh.) Flick 861 Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco
5 Pileated Woodpecker 940 Red-winged Blackbird
164 Black Phoebe 646 Western Meadowlark
13 Say's Phoebe 1378 Brewer's Blackbird
4 Horned Lark 24 Brown-headed Cowbird
2 Barn Swallow 900 blackbird, sp
240 Steller's Jay 1 Bullock's Oriole
304 Western Scrub-Jay 13 Purple Finch
692 American Crow 336 House Finch
315 Common Raven 193 Pine Siskin
458 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10 Lesser Goldfinch
12 Plain Titmouse 16 American Goldfinch
231 Bushtit 149 House Sparrow
17 Red-breasted Nuthatch
31 White-breasted Nuthatch 46852 Individuals
31 Pygmy Nuthatch 185 Species
30 Brown Creeper 1 Additional Forms
31 Bewick's Wren 1 Hybrids
31 Winter Wren 1 Intergrades
62 Marsh Wren 185 Cumulative Species
83 Golden-crowned Kinglet 375 Varied Thrush
364 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 276 Western Bluebird
95 Hermit Thrush 3579 American Robin

MARCH GENERAL MEETING
"The Role of LandPaths and its Relationship with Sonoma County Open Space District" will be presented by Craig Anderson, Executive Director of local nonprofit, LandPaths. Craig is an enthusiastic outdoor recreation expert with worldwide experience. His exciting work in our local environment includes getting groups onto limited access Open Space lands with opportunities to hike, kayak, and learn about the natural resources being protected here in Sonoma County.

The meeting begins at 7:30 PM, Monday, March 20, 2000, at the First Presbyterian Church, Ingram Hall, 1550 Pacific Avenue, Santa Rosa. As always, the public is welcome.

BOLINAS LAGOON PRESERVE
Some interesting sightings last month: A Tufted Duck dabbling at the south end of Bolinas Lagoon; one very wet Red-Tail Hawk devouring a Pintail that it had snatched right out of the water; and 20 new Ranch Guides graduating from their six-Saturday training program. The Ranch Guides are eager to start our public season (running March 11 to July 9). The Tufted Duck and the Red-Tail are not quite sure about their new digs.

Some Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets have been cruising around the Douglas Firs in Picher Canyon. If you haven't already signed up to host on one of our weekend days during our spring public season, please do so by calling your Chapter Rep Janet Bosshard, 526-5883 (or the ACR Office at (415) 868-9244). We promise you lots of thanks and an inside look at the nesting habits of these remarkable
birds.

Our Spring Work Day is Sunday, March 5, in Picher Canyon. Come help us with some outdoor/indoor projects, and we'll thank you with a free lunch. Call (415) 868-9244 so we can plan on enough lunch for everyone.

BOUVERIE PRESERVE
The largest docent class ever at Bouverie Preserve graduated on February 23. Together with almost 150 active docents from both Bouverie and Bolinas Lagoon Preserves, they'll teach 3000 3rd-5th graders this spring, both in the classroom and on the trails. Three cheers for these remarkable, dedicated volunteers, who continue to make a real differece in the lives of so many schoolchildren, year after year after year.

Bouverie saves one special spring day each year for our Audubon Chapter friends - this year our guided nature walk will be Saturday, May 20, 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Because it's so popular, we must draw names by lottery; to receive a form for the drawing, call the office at (707) 938-4554.

We'll also hold Spring Trail/Work Days on three Mondays, March 27, April 17, and May 15, 8:15 AM to 12:30 PM. Persons interested in becoming resource management volunteers will work with land stewards in clearing trails, pulling non-native plants, and working in the native plant garden. It's a great way to learn. Please call the Bouverie office for more information.

CYPRESS GROVE PRESERVE
Wanted: Both novice and experienced birders to enjoy the 10-year-old Heron and Egret Project, conducted at all known heron and egret colonies in the northern San Francisco Bay Area. Observations this spring will be used in the study by John Kelly, our Resident Biologist at Cypress Grove, of regional patterns of disturbance and spatial relationships among colony sites. For more info, please contact Cypress Grove at (415) 663-8203.

Audubon Canyon Ranch is an independent non-profit organization which owns and administers 3 educational nature preserves in Marin and Sonoma Counties. It is supported by 4 Bay Area Audubon chapters including Madrone Audubon Society.

Audubon's Conservation Committee works to protect, preserve, and restore the natural resources that are so essential for birds and other wildlife. It does this through: membership in environmental groups, keeping an eye on developments and proposed legislation affecting birds and their habitat, testifying at hearings on proposed legislation, recommending experts for studies, and advising Madrone's board of directors about these matters and about programs or projects that warrant the chapter's financial support.

The committee's principal liaisons are with the Sonoma County Conservation Council (SCCC), the Bay Area Audubon Council (BAAC), the Watershed Protection Alliance (WPA), and the Russian River Watershed Council (RRWC).

Currently, the committee is concerned about the total exemption of any sized vineyard developments from the California Environmental Quality Act in the recently approved county vineyard ordinance. It is reviewing the Rural Heritage Initiative, a land use measure proposed for the November 2000 ballot. Madrone Leaves plans to bring you fuller details on these and other committee activities and concerns. We begin in this issue with Sylvan Eidelman's report on Audubon's role in the Baylands Restoration Project.

An evergreen cherry? Yes! The California native shrub, Prunus ilicifolia, produces fruit loved by birds. This evergreen, holly-like cherry tree has leathery leaves, and displays its thick white flowers in the spring, which are followed by ornamental "cherries". Sweet and tasty, but too thin-pulped for human consumption, let the birds have their dessert treat instead. Another species, Prunus lyonii, is similar, perhaps a bit taller, and has smooth-edged leaves.

The holly-leaf cherry can be grown in a big tub, clumped as a hedge, left to mature as a thick shrub, or pruned to a single trunk to become a tree reaching up to 50 feet. No special care, other than a gopher basket if you have these critters, full sun, occasional summer watering, that's it!

Recipe for a birdie suet cake from "The Bird Rescue Flyer". We published it last year, but you may be new to the Leaves, and have missed it. It's wonderful. The birds gobble it up all winter long.

Melt together: 2 cups lard (16 oz.), 1 cup crunchy peanut butter over very low heat.
Stir in: 2 cups quick-cook oatmeal, 2 cups yellow cornmeal, 1 cup white flour, and 1 to 2 cups assorted finely-chopped nuts, cranberries, currants, and raisins. You may have to adjust the amount of lard: the consistency should be like cookie dough. Line a baking pan with wax paper, pour in mixture and refrigerate or keep in freezer. It keeps indefinitely.

Cut into squares to put in your suet feeder or crumble into a hanging bowl-type or platform feeder. Put out small amounts at a time so it won't spoil (although it probably won't be around long enough for that to happen!)

Point Reyes, January 19, 2000
On a very rainy day five birders joined Jean and Jim Tonascia at Point Reyes including Dan Baxter, an excellent birder from New York. He lead the group to Bolinas Lagoon to show us a Tufted Duck and five male Eurasian Wigeon he had observed earlier in the morning. A total of 62 species were seen.

Bodega Bay, January 26, 2000
Nineteen bird watchers joined Jean and Jim Tonascia at Bodega Bay on a beautiful sunny day. Highlights were a Glaucous Gull at Porto Bodega, a life bird for several of the birders. Orange-crowned Warbler, Townsends Warbler and a female Bullocks Oriole near Diekmann's Store were also seen. A Peregrine Falcon had lunch at Doran Park. A total of 90 species were observed.

Laguna de Santa Rosa, February 3, 2000
On a cloudy day, 27 birders met in Sebastopol to attend the midweek Walkabout led by Gay Bishop. Highlights included close looks at a Green Heron and 25 Cattle Egrets standing on irrigation equipment high above the tall grasses. Missing was the California Thrasher, spotted the day before. Rain canceled views of the large numbers of ducks wintering on the Laguna.

Sealwatch Volunteer Training for Interpreters on Goat Rock Beach will be March 4, 9 AM-4 PM. Volunteers work one four-hour shift per month March - Sept. Call 869-9177 for further information.

Wild on Wetlands Weekend. Los Banos, March 11-12. For more information and registration call (800) 336-6354

Rivers and Wildlife Celebration 2000. Kearney, Nebraska, March 17-19. Attend advance private viewing trips to see the Sandhilll Cranes on the Platte River and other waterfowl in the Rainwater Basin - Call Laurie Rapkin (402) 477-1755

Aleutian Goose Festival. Crescent City, March 24-26, 2000. Visit our web site http://www.delnorte.org/soar for a review of last year's celebration and program. (See also Madrone Leaves, November 1999, page 4.)

NATIONAL AUDUBON CONVENTION. Asilomar, April 14-18. National Audubon Society will hold its National Convention at the Asilomar Conference Center on the Monterey Bay Peninsula. The theme for the convention is "Audubon: Gateway to Nature." Registration materials are available online at http://www.audubon-ca.org . You can also e-mail Jennifer Jacobs in the Audubon-California office for a registration packet at jjacobs@audubon.org.

Godwit Days Migratory Bird Festival. Arcata, April 14-16. Call Michael Behney at (707) 822-4500.

Golden Trout Natural History Workshop. Lone Pine. Naturalist-interpreted week sessions starting June 25, July 2, August 6. Hike-in wilderness camp at 10,000 feet near Mt. Whitney. Reserve early - limited space often full by April. For brochure call (909) 798-3060. See their website.

Environmental Center Loses its Lease
Sonoma County Conservation Council's six year lease on 632 Fifth St., Santa Rosa, expires on March 31st. An offer for the building was accepted by the landlord, and the new owner wants to move in ASAP! Madrone Audubon has been a long-standing member of SCCC and has benefited from the alliance with the other environmental groups in many ways. The storefront on Fifth Street has served us well as a meeting place for our board and committees, and as a site for displaying our program and membership materials to the public.

A relocation committee has been looking for a new home for the Environmental Center. If the Madrone Board decides it's in our best interests to join in the relocation, we will need some volunteers to help us move! If you can help out, or supply us with the use of a truck, please call Joannie Dranginis, 523-4373.

Bird-a-thon Reminder
A reminder to those who made pledges: please get your checks, made out to Madrone Audubon, back to the persons you sponsored as soon as possible. Thank you for your participation! Bird-a-thon results will be provided in the next issue of Madrone Leaves.

Madrone Audubon gratefully acknowledges Marilyn and Lew Edmondson for staffing the Madrone booth at the San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival on Mare Island in January. In addition to being excellent field trip leaders for Madrone, the Edmondsons have pitched in on numerous occasions to help with outreach activities which promote goodwill and information to the public about our chapter.

A big thank you to Betty Groce, Virginia McDonagh and George Batchelder for their tireless attention to hospitality details at Madrone's general meetings. Virginia is our refreshments coordinator, insuring that we have plenty of cookies to feed the hungry following the program. Betty presides over the front table, making sure our members are greeted, and our officers have their name badges! George is in charge of the audio-visual equipment, and always has the microphone ready, and everything set up for our guest speaker. All three have maintained near-perfect attendance at meetings over many years, which makes things run smoothly and efficiently.

Committee Chairs Needed!!
We are again seeking help with Madrone's very popular PeeWee Audubon program. Chairperson Janice Sinclaire will be stepping down in June, and is available to help train a replacement starting now. The job requires a couple of meetings a year with volunteers to set up a monthly program schedule, and follow-through with the naturalist leaders to make sure all the pieces are in place for each program. Benefits include sparking the joy of discovery in young children and working with great people. Call Diane Hichwa 579-1182 or Janice Sinclaire 433-1150 if you are interested.

Madrone also has an opening for Program Chairman. Peter Leveque, who has served Madrone admirably in this position since his retirement from Santa Rosa Junior College, is stepping down. We have plenty of good
prospects for general meeting programs. We just need someone to schedule and welcome the guest speakers at our monthly membership meetings. This position could certainly be shared by more than one person. Please call Peter Leveque 542-8946 if you would like to help.

IN MEMORIAM:

Common Loon (single) 1/16 Sebastopol Community Center AW
Black-footed Albatross (12) 1/22 Cordell Bank DN
Laysan Albatross (8-10) 1/22 Cordell Bank DN
Short-tailed Shearwater (15) 1/15 Cordell Bank DN
Pink-footed Shearwater (3) 1/15 Cordell Bank DN
Northern Fulmar (125) 1/15 Cordell Bank DN
Rhinoceros Auklet (43) 1/15 Cordell Bank DN
Cattle Egret (40 plus) 1/16 Cordell Bank DN
Gr. White-fronted Goose (2) 12/26 Garcia River @ Hwy. 1, Mendo. BDP, JP
Snow Goose (12) 1/20 Delta Pond, W. of Willowside Rd DN, et al.
Tundra Swan (115+) 12/26 Garcia River @ Hwy. 1, Mendo. BDP, JP
Eurasian Wigeon (2) 1/20 Delta Pond DN, RM
Eurasian Wigeon ( 1 ) 1/9 Bodega Farm pond BDP, et al
Blue-winged Teal (10) 1/26 Shollenberger Park, Petaluma DN
Tufted Duck (1) 1/19 Bolinas Lagoon BG, et al
Ring-necked Duck (60+) 1/14 Delta Pond DH, CD, DN
Hooded Merganser (2) 1/16 Delta Pond AW
Hooded Merganser (7) 1/13 Lake Hennessey BG, et al
Osprey (building nest?) Nov-Jan Bodega Harbor chan.marker NC, et al
Osprey (single) 1/17 Spring Lake GW, AW
Osprey 1/20 Santa Rosa flood control channel DN
Bald Eagle (1 adult) 1/13 Lake Hennessey BG, et al
Rough-legged Hawk (3) 1/5 South Skaggs Island Rd. DA, TE
Ferruginous Hawk 1/28 Bear Flag Rd., near Watmaugh Rd. RH
Golden Eagle (1 imm.) 1/27 Stage Gulch Road GM
Peregrine Falcon (2 adults) 1/14 above Delta Pond DN, DH, CD
Merlin 1/14 Delta Pond near Laguna de S.R. DN, DH, CD
Merlin 1/29-30 Bloomfield MA
Sandhill Crane (1) 1/16 S. of Delta Pond RL, AW
Mountain Plover (60+) 12/28 Yolo Co., N. Of Rds. 16 and 88 DA, TE
Pacific Golden-Plover (1) 1/26 Shollenberger Park (wintering) RH, DN, et al
Glaucous Gull (1) 1/22-26 Porto Bodega RR, RROS et al
Black-legged Kittiwake (50) 1/22 Cordell Bank DN
Burrowing Owl 11/23-12/14 Mayacamas Sanctuary BG, et al
Least Flycatcher (1) 1/14-20 Delta Pond, W. end
(3rd. Co. record; 1st for winter) DN, DH, CD, DS
Eastern Phoebe (1) 1/14-20 Delta Pond, West end DN, DH, CD, DS
Tree Swallow (50+) 1/14 Delta Pond area DN, DH, CD
Townsend's Warbler 1/12 Spring Lake GW, AW
Townsend's Warbler Jan-Feb Mark West Cr., near Fulton Rd. GR
Nashville Warbler 1/16 Diekmann's store; Bodega Bay DN, et al
Nashville Warbler Jan. Petaluma; in yard AW
Orange-crowned Warbler 1/20 Santa Rosa Flood control channel DN
White-throated Sparrow 1/16-20 Delta Pond, West end AW, DN
White-throated Sparrow 1/17 Spring Lake Park GW, AW
White-throated Sparrow 1/22-23 Sebastopol yard KB, DB
White-throated Sparrow (2) 1/7 Petaluma, yard DN, CN
White-throated Sparrow 1/6 Post St., Petaluma DN
Northern Cardinal (f.-escapee) 2/5 Sebastopol, yard DB, KB
Bullock's Oriole (fem.) 1/26 Diekmann's store, Bodega Bay BG, et al

CONTRIBUTORS: Mary Abbott, Dick Ashford, Kathy & Dave Biggs, Nancy Conzett, Carolyn Dixon, Ted Eliot, Betty Groce, Deyea Harper, Richard Hurley, Fred Jacobs, Rick Lebadour, Richard Merriss, Gerry Mugele, Clyde Nelson, Dan Nelson, Benjamin D. Parmeter, John Parmeter, Rhio Reigh, Gail Roper, Redwood Region Ornithological Society, Doug Shaw, Glo & Al Wellman, and Alan Wight.

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