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ZIEGLER
1956
Journal
MAR 30 (CONT)
POINT ISABEL, CONTRA COSTA CO., CALIF.
TRESS SET SINGLY ON BOTH SIDES OF ROAD WHERE BREAMARIS(BUSHES) 3 FT HIGH. GROUND WAS BARRE ON ROAD BUT HAD GREEN GRASS 2-3 IN. HIGH AMONG THE BUSHES. CAUGHT 3 MUS WHICH I DISCARDED X 1 SONG SPARROW WHICH I PUT UP. FOUND SEVERAL HONES IN BANKS OF JITCH ALONGSIDE ROAD WITH FEATHERS AND/OR BONES OF SOME SORT OF DUCKS & SHORE BIRDS IN THE ENTRANCES. HOLES WERE 2-3 IN IN DIAMETER. ONE HOLE IN SONICOWA - COVERED BUT NEAR ROAD HAD RABBIT-SIZED PELTS (SLIGHTLY ELONGATED) IN A RUN LEADING INTO IT, & REMAINS OF DUCKS SEEN ALONG SHORE. THERE WAS A ROW OF DRIFT WOOD ALONG BOTH SIDES OF ROAD ALONG MOST OF TRAILING.
APR 7 BAY FARM ISLAND, ALAMEDA CO., CALIF.
LEFT FROM GOLF COURSE PARKING LOT AT N.W. CORNER OF ISLAND AT 9:15AM. JUST WALKED THE BAY BORDER & GRASSY FIELDS BESIDE IT. TIDE WAS HIGH WHEN WE ARRIVED BUT WAS GOING OUT AS WE WATCHED. BY 11:45 AM WHEN WE LEFT THE SHORE OF MUD & ROCKS WAS EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 25 FT OR SO OUT FROM HIGH TIDE MARK. FOUND