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Pleasure
1942
Carmel + Vicinity, Monterey Co., Calif. March 7, 1942.
4:15 - 5:45 PM (nt 'Lobo' outing)
has been suspected of nesting here but the
nest site has never been located. An owl
pellet + the remains of a second were found
in a grove of Monterey Pines near the
gate. They were turned over to Warden Wilson,
& contained 14 finches + 1 rabbit (probably
Sylvilagus and some arm bones which may
have been something else). The pellets were
probably those of a Great Horned Owl.
List of birds seen:
Horned Lark (singing-
Brandt Cormorant 20+
Hermit Thrush 1
White-c. Scoter 2
Squab " 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Duck " 1
Oystercatcher (Black) 3
Western Gull sw.
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blacks Plover 2
Burdit 6+ (winter when)
Whentit 4+
House Finch 15+
White-c. Sparrow 10+
Sparrows 2
On the return trip we saw a Red-tailed
Merganser with a ? American Merganser
(miscegeny!) + a small flock of robins.