Bird - Egg - Nest Salvage List Specimens from Sierra Foothills Audubon Society to Nevada County Resource Conservation District for Display and Education Purposes

Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata (mounted) Barrows Goldeneye Bucephala islandica (mounted) Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon (mounted) California Gull Larus californicus (mounted) Common Tern Sterna hirundo (mounted) Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca (mounted) Northern Flicker Colatpes auratus (mounted) Snow Goose Chen caerulescens (mounted) Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii (mounted) Wood Duck Aix sponsa (mounted)

Collection by Emerson Austin Stoner, donated to Sierra Foothills Audubon Society Emerson Austin Stoner , 1892 Des Moines, Iowa - March 9, 1983 Vallejo, California

Mr. Stoner’s family moved to California from Iowa in 1914 where Mr. Stoner attended Healds Business College in Oakland.

He then moved to Benicia, California where he served in the Finance & Accounting Department of the Benicia Arsenal, ultimately retiring as Chief Financial Officer in 1957 after 40 years.

Mr. Stoner was a natural history enthusiast with particular interest in birds, authoring numerous articles for scientific magazines and newspapers, banding birds, collecting specimens, etc.

Mr. Stoner collected specimens from the age of 14 until the age of 85 - over 70 years.

1906 to 1910 - Des Moines, Iowa #1 Eastern Robin Turdus migratorius migratorius (8 eggs - May 1906 to ) #2 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata bromia (18 eggs - May 1906 to June 1908) #2a Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus luteus (2 eggs - May 1909 & June 1909) #3 Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Pheudticus ludovicianus (4 eggs - May 1906 to May 1908) #4 Brown Thrasher Taxostoma rufum rufum (17 eggs - May 1906 to June 1909) #4a Brown Thrasher Taxostoma rufum rufum (4 eggs - May 1906 to June 1909) #5 Catbird Dumetella carolinensis (8 eggs - May 1906 to June 1908) #6 House Wren Troglodytes aedon parkmanii ( 11 eggs - May 1906- July 1908) #7 Eastern Cowbird Molothrus aater ater (11 eggs - June 1906 to May 1909) #8 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus (2 eggs - May 1906 & June 1908) #8a Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina (5 eggs - June 1906 to June 1908) #9 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe (4 eggs - May 1908 to ) #10 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis sialis (12 eggs - May 1907 to May 1909) Bird - Egg - Nest Salvage List Specimens from Sierra Foothills Audubon Society to Nevada County Resource Conservation District for Display and Education Purposes #11 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla pusilla (1 egg - June 1907) #12 Eastern Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia aestiva (1 egg - June 1908) #13 Eastern Mourning Dove Zenaidura macroura carolinensis (8 eggs - May 1907 to May 1909) #14 Eastern Crow Corvus brachyrhynchus brachyrhynchus (3 eggs - April 1908 to ) #15 Green Heron Butorides virescens virescens (1 egg - June 1908) #16 Red-Headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus erythrocephalus (3 eggs - June 1908 to June 1909) #17 Eastern Crow Corvus brachyrhynchus brachyrhynchus (3 eggs - to ) 1910 to 1914 - Des Moines, Iowa #18 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata bromia (4 eggs - ) #19 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe (2 eggs - ) #20 Brown Thrasher Taxostoma rufum rufum (4 eggs - May 1910) #21 Eastern Crow Corvus brachyrhynchus brachyrhynchus (10 eggs - April 1912) #22 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis sialis (4 eggs - ) #23 Eastern Mourning Dove Zenaidura macroura carolinensi s (2 eggs - May 1914) #24 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis sialis (4 eggs - May 1914) #25 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna (4 eggs - May 1914) #26 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis sialis (5 eggs - May 1914) #27 Catbird Dumetella carolinensis (4 eggs - May 1914) #28 Brown Thrasher Taxostoma rufum rufum (4 eggs - May 1914) #29 Eastern Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia aestiva (4 eggs - ) #30 Catbird Dumetella carolinensis (3 eggs - June 1914) #31 Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus americanus (2 eggs - June 1914) #32 Giant Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus arctolegus (4 eggs - June 1914) 1917 to 1940 - Benicia, Fairfield, Solano, Dos Palos, Los Banos, California #33 California Quail Lophortyx californica brunnescens (8 eggs - May 1917) #34 S.F. Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus mailliardorum (4 eggs - May 1918) #35 Western Mourning Dove Zenaidura macroura marginella (2 eggs - May 1918) #36 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus (5 eggs - May 1919) #37 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus (5 eggs - May 1919) #38 California Shrike Lanius ludovicianus gambeli (7 eggs - May 1920) #39 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus (5 eggs - May 1920) #40 California Shrike Lanius ludovicianus gambeli (7 eggs - May 1922) #40a Western Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia morcomi (4 eggs - May 1922) #41 Killdeer Oxyechus vociferus vociferus (3 eggs - April 1923) #42 Suisun Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia maxillaris (3 eggs - May 1923) #43 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica erythrogaster (5 eggs - May 1923) #44 S.F. Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus mailliardorum (4 eggs - May 1923) #45 Suisun Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia maxillaris (3 eggs - May 1924) #46 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica erythrogaster (4 eggs - June 1924) #47 Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor (4 eggs - May 1926) #48 Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor (4 eggs - May 1926) #49 Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor (4 eggs - May 1926) Bird - Egg - Nest Salvage List Specimens from Sierra Foothills Audubon Society to Nevada County Resource Conservation District for Display and Education Purposes #50 Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor (4 eggs - May 1926) #51 Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor (4 eggs - May 1926) #52 Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor (4 eggs - May 1926) #53 Pacific Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus pacificus (2 eggs - March 1927) shared box with #110 #54 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon p. pyrrhonata (4 eggs - June 1927) #55 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica erythrogaster (5 eggs - June 1927) #56a Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon p. pyrrhonata (4 eggs - June 1927) #56 Red-Shafted Flicker Colaptes cafer collaris (8 eggs - April 1928) #57 Suisun Long-Billed Marsh Wren Telmatodytes palustris aestuarinus (5 eggs - June 1928) #58 American Coot Fulica americana americana (10 eggs - June 1927) #59 Sparrow Hawk Falco sparverius sparverius (5 eggs - April 1929 & 5 eggs - April 1938) #60 California Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris obsoletus (7 eggs - April 1930) #61 California Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris obsoletus (8 eggs - April 1930) #62 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus (5 eggs - April 1930) #63 Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta (6 eggs - April 1930) #64 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus (5 eggs - April 1930) #65 Alameda Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia pusillula (3 eggs - May 1930) #66 Swainson's (Russet-backed) Thrush Hylocichla ustulata ustulata (3 eggs - May 1930) #67 Killdeer Oxyechus vociferus vociferus (3 eggs - June 1930) #68 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon p. pyrrhonata (4 eggs - June 1930) #69 Western Mourning Dove Zenaidura macroura marginella (2 eggs - June 1930) #70 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis (3 eggs - May 1931) #71 Black-Necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus (8 eggs - June 1930) #72 Western Mourning Dove Zenaidura macroura marginella (2 eggs - March 1931) #72a Suisun Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia maxillaris (3 eggs - April 1931) #73 Alameda Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia pusillula (3 eggs - May 1931) #74 S.F. Rufus-Sided Tohee Pipilo erythrophthalmus falcifer (4 eggs - May 1931) #75 Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullocki (5 eggs - May 1931) #76a Swainson's (Russet-backed) Thrush Hylocichla ustulata ustulata (3 eggs - May 1931) #76 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis (5 eggs - May 1931) #77 Killdeer Oxyechus vociferus vociferus (4 eggs - May 1932) #77a California Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans semiatra (4 eggs - May 1932) #78 Modoc Song Sparrow (4 eggs - June 1932) #79 Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus veliei (3 eggs - June 1932) #80 Oregon Junco Junco Oreganus thurberi (3 eggs - June 1932) #80a Western Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia morcomi (4 eggs - June 1932) #80b Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta (4 eggs - April 1930) #80c Mountain Chickadee Parus gambeli abbreviatus (5 eggs - May 1934) #80d Mountain Chickadee Parus gambeli abbreviatu s (7 eggs - May 1934) #81 Oregon Junco Junco Oreganus thurberi (4 eggs - June 1934) #82 Western Burrowing Owl Speotyto cunicularis hypugaea (7 eggs - May 1935 & 8 eggs - April 1939) #83 Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus veliei (3 eggs - June 1935) Bird - Egg - Nest Salvage List Specimens from Sierra Foothills Audubon Society to Nevada County Resource Conservation District for Display and Education Purposes #84 Western Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis (9 eggs - April 1936) #85 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus (6 eggs - May 1936) #86 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus (5 eggs - May 1936) #87 Modesto Song Sparrow (4 eggs - May 1936) #88 S.F. Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus mailliardorum (4 eggs - May 1936) #89 Western Mourning Dove Zenaidura macroura marginella (2 eggs - March 1936) #90 California Shrike Lanius ludovicianus gambeli (6 eggs - May 1936) #91 Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica (6 eggs - April 1937) #92 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus (5 eggs - May 1937) #93 Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis difficilis (4 eggs - May 1937) #94 S.F. Rufous-Sided Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus falcifer (4 eggs - June 1937) #94a Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis difficilis (3 eggs - June 1937) #95 S.F. Brown Towhee Pipilo fuscus petulans (3 eggs - June 1937) #96 Western Mourning Dove Zenaidura macroura marginella (2 eggs - May 1938) #97 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus (6 eggs - May 1938) #97a California Shrike Lanius ludovicianus gambeli (7 eggs - May 1938) #98 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus (6 eggs - May 1938) #99 California Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans semiatra (5 eggs - May 1938) #99a Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus (5 eggs - May 1938) #100 Marin Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia gouldii (4 eggs - May 1938) #100a Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus (6 eggs - May 1938) #101 California Shrike Lanius ludovicianus gambeli (6 eggs - March 1939) #102 California Shrike Lanius ludovicianus gambeli (7 eggs - March 1939) #103 Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica (4 eggs - April 1939) #104 Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica (4 eggs - April 1939) #105 Western Burrowing Owl Speotyto cunicularis hypugaea (9 eggs - April 1939) #106 S.F. Rufous-Sided Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus falcifer (3 eggs - May 1939) #107 Western Mourning Dove Zenaidura macroura marginella (2 eggs - April 1940) #108 California Shrike Lanius ludovicianus gambeli (6 eggs - April 1940) #109 Western Mourning Dove Zenaidura macroura marginella (2 eggs - May 1940) #110 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura (2 eggs - April 1940) shared box with #53 #111 Western Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea amoenissima (4 eggs - May 1940) 1947 to 1978 - Various in California, Arizona #111a Samuel's Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia samuelis (3 eggs - April 1947) #111b Oregon Junco Junco Oreganus thurberi (5 eggs - June 1949) #112 Wilson's Warbler (4 eggs - June 1951) #113 Western Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia morcomi (2 eggs - July 1952) #114 Sonora Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus sonoriensis (4 eggs - May 1955) #115 Verdin (1 egg - May 1955) #115a S.F. Brown Towhee Pipilo fuscus petulans (4 eggs - July 1955) #116 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus (5 eggs - May 1955) #117 S.F. Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus mailliardorum (4 eggs - May 1956) Bird - Egg - Nest Salvage List Specimens from Sierra Foothills Audubon Society to Nevada County Resource Conservation District for Display and Education Purposes #118 S.F. Red-Winged Blackbird Aagelaius phoeniceus mailliardorum (5 eggs - May 1956) #119 Suisun Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia maxillaris (4 eggs - March 1957) #120 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon p. pyrrhonata (4 eggs - May 1957) #121 Killdeer Oxychus vociferus vociferus (4 eggs - May 1957) #122 Western Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos leucopterus (3 eggs - April 1959) #123 Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis difficilis (4 eggs - May 1959) #124 California Bush-Tit Psaltriparus minimus californicus (8 eggs - April 1960) #124a House Sparrow Passer domesticus domesticus (6 eggs - April 1960) #125 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica erythrogaster (5 eggs - May 1960) #126 Palmer's Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre palmeri (2 eggs - April 1961, Tucson, AZ) #127 Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus couesi (3 eggs - April 1961, Tucson, AZ) #128 House Sparrow Passer domesticus domesticus (5 eggs - March 1962) #129 Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus mailliardorum (4 eggs - May 1963) #130 Chestnut-Backed Chickadee Parus rufescens (1 egg - April 1964) #131 Mallard Duck (1 egg - May 1964) #132 Western Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos leucopterus (2 eggs - May 1964) #133 Western Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos leucopterus (2 eggs - May 1964) #134 Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus couesi (4 eggs - March 1968, Florence, AZ) #135 Starling (2 eggs - April 1978) Various Nests with Eggs Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus (nest & 1 egg - May 1914) Eastern Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia aestiva ((nest & 4 eggs - May 1914) Red-Eyed Vireo (June 1914) Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena (nest & 4 eggs - May 1919) Marin Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia gouldii (4 eggs - May 1923) Willow American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis (nest & 4 eggs - June 1920) Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis (nest & 5 eggs - June 1926) Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus (nest & 4 eggs - May 1931) Lutescent Orange-Crowned Warbler Vermivora celata lutescens (nest & 4 eggs - April 1932) Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina (nest & 5 eggs - June 1932) Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor (nest & 5 eggs - June 1932) Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus veliei (nest on branch & 3 eggs - June 1933) Western Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula (nest & 4 eggs - June 1932) Pallid Wren-Tit Chamaea fasciata henshawi (nest & 3 eggs - June 1937) Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia (nest & 4 eggs)

Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum (1977)