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C. ZIEGLER
1956
JOURNAL
APR 24 UNIV. OF CALIF. CAMPUS, BERKELEY, ALAMEDA CO., CALIF.
SAY TO HAVE BEEN PICKED UP IN EUCALYPTUS GROVE NEXT TO LIFE SCIENCES BLDG. ON CAMPUS. APPARENTLY COWD NOT FLY BUT JUST WHAT WAS WRONG COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. AUTUMN
APR 28 WINDCAT CANYON, CONTRA COSTA CO., CALIF.
8:15 AM - 12:15 PM. WEATHER COOL THEN WARMING UP ABOUT 10:00AM. LIGHT WIND. OVERCAST TILL 10AM. WADED PICNIC AREA NEXT TO TENNIS COURTS & HIKED TO W SIDE OF PICNIC AREA. MANY BIRDS SINGING BLACK HORNS ASOAS BEAKS, CHIVE - SIDED FRYSCHENERS AND ORANGE CROWNED WARBLORS VERY LOUD. GENE VOZT CAUGHT A GREENHONOUS COCKRELEUS - SAID ONLY A JOY FOW CAUGHT HERE IN AREA BEFORE. JOHN BURNS GOT A TWEETCHA BUT DON'T KNOW ANY THING MORE ABOUT IT. JIM ANDERSON'S GROUP GOT A ROBIN DEAD IN A TREE WITH 1 TOE CAUGHT IN LAUNDRY STRING WRAPPED AROUND BRANCH. BIRD PROBABLY WAS CARRYING STRING FOR NESTING MATERIAL, IT CAUGHT ON A BRANCH & THE ROBIN WAS KILLED BY A TOE CAUGHT IN THE STRING. SANGO, I WILL GET UP FOR PRACTICE IF I GOT TIME. BIRDS SOON AS HEARD! THRUSHY JOURNALS - (11?) CAN. QUATH - 2(OR 3)