Field notes, v1513
Page 287
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Palmer 1936 Itinerary W. side El Cerrito (Knoll), 25 ft., Alameda Co., Calif. Jan. 22 Left Berkeley 8:30 A.M. with E. T. Hoover and D. T. Johnson and drove to El Cerrito (Knoll) and around the west side to a railroad siding of Noble. Hunt birds til 11 A.M. Shot 3 Zonotrichia leucophrys in Baccharis and tall grass, 1 Junco oreganus in Baccharis on a grassy hillside, 1 Calypte anna from telephone wires near a grove of Eucalyp- tus and 1 Carpodacus mexicanus from a flock perched in a large Monterey Cypress. Saw a Kingfisher, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk; and several Song Sparrows in the Salicornia marsh. Also saw many Audubon Warblers in the Eucalyp- tus groves. There was quite a flock of ducks on the bay but they were too far out to identify. Most of the area covered in hunting was east of the railroad tracks. This area is rather level, with scattered clumps of eucalyptus trees. Between the trees, the ground is covered by new green grass and low annuals. Scattered thru the open areas are