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Palma
1936
February
Butts Ranch, San Benito Co. cont'd.
May 31
contd. of the canyon I shot 2 Anna Hummingbirds,
1 Calliope Hummer. There also saw Western
Tanager, Black-throated Gray Warbler,
Lutescent Warbler, Spotted Towhee, Western
Bluebird, Junco [illegible] and Cooper's Hawk. In
The chaparral on the north side, shot a
Vigors Bewick Wren, and 1 Plain Titmouse.
Also got a glimpse of a Wren Tit and
a Spotted Towhee hen and heard Calif.
Quail. Got a shot at a Chipmunk but
but failed to get it. Returned to camp
on way back saw Sparrow Hawks,
California Woodpeckers, Ash-throated
Flycatchers and Western Wood Pewees
in The Valley Oaks of the flat. Found
1 Scapanus latimanus in one of the
traps in the creek bottom.
In the afternoon shot a female Downy
Woodpecker from one of the big Cottonwoods
by the house. Johnson returned with
several birds from the higher country to
the SE.
June 1 After lunch went with Johnson to The higher
country to The SE. Across the grain fields and
around the edge of flat The usual birds
were common. Noted a Red-tailed Hawk's nest