Field notes, v1663
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Restory 1942 Apr. 26 Big Sur to Carmel via Pt. Sobos, Monterey Co., Calif. Birded after breakfast and returned to camp about 10:30. Left Camp about 11 AM for home. The birds seen in the valley of the Big Sur River were as follows: Green Heron, Merganser(sp?), Turkey Vulture, Red-tail Hawk, Calif. Rail, Mourning Dove, Great Horned Owl, Allen's Humming Bird, Anna Hummer, Belted Kingfisher, Flicker, Calif. Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Wm. Wood Peewee, Wm. Kingbird, Black Phoebe, Wm. Flycatcher, Violet-green Swallows, Purple Martin, Stellar's Jay, Chestnut- backed Chickadee, Busk Tit, Wren Tit, Brown Creeper, Bewick's Wren, House Wren, Winter Wren (in song), Dipper, Robin, Russel-6 Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Hnatcatcher, Hu Hon Vireo, Cassin Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Pileolated Warbler, Iridescent Warbler, Black-thr. Gray Warbler, Audubon Warbler, Hermit Warbler, Bullock Oriole, Western Tanager, Black-headed Grosbeak, Sagebi Bunting, Purple Finch, Linnet, Brown Towhee, Spotted Towhee, Junco, Lincoln Sparrow. After leaving Big Sur, we drove north along the coast highway, stopping by the grassy fields on the coast near point sur where we saw and heard several grasshopper sparrows. Here were also crows, Lark and Savannah Sparrows, Cliff Swallows, Meadowlarks. The next stop was Hurricane Point, the high point just north of the Little Sur River. One rock not far of the point was a resting