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 June 27, 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 May 1909) #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 May 1910) #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 March 1909) #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 - April 1909 to April 1912) 1910 to 1914 - Des Moines, Iowa #18 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata bromia (4 eggs - April 1910) #19 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe (2 eggs - May 1912) #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 - May 1914) #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 - June 1914) #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)