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Marshall, 1946
July 20 Altadena, L.A.Co., Calif.
everywhere a patch of blooming Nicotiana
opened. In one slope where there was
such a patch, the Annas appeared
not to forage in them much & had
fixed perches under shady sumacs
away from the tobacco. & Costas &
in & Allens (collected on each)
among the tobacos & Allens at least
had definite fixed perches from the vicinity
of which they would drive all others.
Noted food call of jew w.Tanagers high on
a steep brushy slope. Noted Tanagers
in the Rubio Canyon, feeding large jays.
Brown towhee common on dry steep hillside.
In Altadena proper noted abundance of
w Tanagers which I have never before
seen them in summer. Also noted a
family of w.Bluebirds on lawns of Highland
Ave. In PM called up a Screech Owl
which perched on low twig & I got it
to sit on the end of a stick &
pulled it down level with my head
before it flew. Noted
July 21 Lone Tree Trail (Rubio watershed) to Mt.Lone, L.A.Co., Calif.
Steep trail passes thru chaparral up S-facing
slope of San Gabriels. Mostly Adenostoma 1st couple
of thousand feet, then replaced by Manzanita.
Berwick when, sunset Brown Towhee Throated