Field notes, v1473
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Marshall 1947 May 12 & 14 Sept 16 & 21 Circles indicate areas of collections: All within 10yds. of actual sloughs. A 3679-3690 med. tide Savannah Sparrows in flocks, perching on mines & Rye for! B 3625-3634 very high tide. Bats partial to Gnidelia, Savannah Sparrows also All except 3639 are within 5yds of the rivers edge C 3615-3624 med. tid D 3635-3642,3691-3692 some tidal water here. E 3693-3702 no running water, just corn. posts high, artificial bank of stagnant water. High trees but very open growth. Ssg. thick more so than at D Saw Chestnut backed Chickadees & Golden-winged Kinglets At no place were the birds more numerous than in May, except for 1 loose flock of 8 or so Teal, in brush piles at B, some taking long flights. 2/3 along track in 525 yds. May #2 yellow-grass land--only one seen in 400yds. bound (18') no gap where S.campesttris & Salicornia only 4-6 ft wide. No willows Melopiza Alviso, Santa Clara Co. Calif pure Salicornia 930ft Survey cattle Box Elder 250 yd gap Willow Box Elder Conium willow Tall Typha 150yds from this bend is 1st Bird 4males 2 females here weeds No Creek here now Lipilows gap of 230 yds along stinking sewed slough Typha Stachys giantic Conium big serp. micocarpus Willows artemisia Blackberry etc. Conium Willow cut D Surveyed to here May 14 Map #1 Big Willow Sarcornia 3'8" wide Byrrow's Cut Ctulus Serp lacustre Arthremea Conium Bare Dry willows Conium H2O 9 Willow Willow Box Elders E