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April 30, 1947
Mouth San Pablo Creek
Contra Costa Co., Calif
28 males heard from road on way back
7:10 - 7:30 AM
1 mile
900 end of willows
870
825
800 Willow, scrub only round Scirpus
Artemisia
750
700 alarm
625
600
475
400 Conium
356
300
dock
Typha Mallard
250
some round Scirpus
232
200
Canvasback
V/ netles
V/ Typha 120
100
Conium
6AM
all alarm notes, pairs no singing
North
April 30 mouth San Pablo Creek Contra Costa Co., Calif.
6:00-7:10 AM walked from bridge at edge salt marsh eastward 2050 yds to railroad bridge. Spent 4 period as dawn by Sympeds in following seen alarm notes or pairs
unusually calm same flown seen clear sunny calm
Singing
1800 Typha boxes
1760
1700
1550 large box elders
1246 All singing 261 1300 Tall trees 180 Box grass, scrubs, elder
Boxelder Willows in wild radish
Whorelder scrub
grass
Conium 945
W Typha
900 end willows
Mallard, 1947
12:00 Canium Buckeye Artemisia
Canium
33 1200
1400 W 1490 trail Blackberry
1600
1800
1900
1960
1980
2000
2050
10 AM
48.