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LL Wolf
1964
Aimophila ruficeps
March 15 Big Springs Canyon, Tilden Park, Contra Costa Co., Calif.
[illegible]
N
rock outcrop
eucalyptus grove
step hill
ridge top trail
bird here
0945 - [illegible] flew into bush lupines - 18" tall - from uphill. Noted floppy tail flight + smaller size than Zonotrichia. Then flew parallel to slope to east for 10 yards & lit in 4 foot Baccharis in center on bare branches. Disappeared as I wrote notes. No vocalizations heard.
Area is [illegible] & small (up to 2 feet tall) Artemesia + lupines. Open areas are grassy or bare but well strewn w/ small rocks. Occasional 4-5 foot Baccharis. Angle of slope is 30°
[illegible]
N
eucalyptus
E
grass
Artemesia + lupines
ridge trail