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Patelka
1948
22
Sept. 9 Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz!
canyon and at least one near camp. Spotted
Sandpiper seen on gravel beach in front of camp.
Three Balunopslyras were observed in the main
canyon; one shot at and hit, but it was able to
fly off. Pileolated Warblers relatively common.
Black-headed Grosbeaks, Tanagers noted again.
Sept. 10 Vireo gilvus present around camp yesterday.
Tyrannus verticalis (third individual) again
seen today. Also tanager, grosbeaks, and a
yellowthroat (immature, judging by buffiness of
the last
underparts); present both yesterday and today.
Also an Empidonax, possibly trulli.
Sept. 11 Revisited pine area along route to Christy's Ranch.
Day very warm, no breeze at all, and by the time I
arrived, bird activity had subsided for the most
part. Jays common; present through the forest
wherever there were small openings, and along the
ridges leading down through the forest. Birds
in pairs, some of them associating loosely with
small groups of young, the latter probably family
groups. One jay observed feeding from pine cone.
Just year bird but there was one of three in a group.
Other species noted: Towhee, Hutton Vireo, Orange-
crown, Flicker, Raven, Mocking, Bewick Wren,
house finch, mourning dove, Anna and Allen
Simmers, Chipping Sparrows. Migrant Barn Swallows
in flight over forest.
At Christy's Ranch, there were two house
Wrens, and a Dark Sparrow, A Townsend