OCTOBER 1956 SPOTTED TOWNSEND (PIRRO MARENATUS) FEB 11 WILDCAT CANYON, CONTRA COSTA CO. CALIF. 10:45 AM - 1 OR SOON IN BRUSH RAVINE OR GUNNEY PATCH ON OCHOWCEOSTONS THEN FLYING TO AROUND. SOON MOVED INTO DENSE UNDERGROWTH. WATER FLEW BACK INTO SMALL NEARBY BUSH & GAVE CONSTANT "CHWUNK" DRONE OUT & WHINING SOUNDING. FEB Strawberry Canyon, Alameda Ca, Calif 9:30 AM. RECONITION NOT HEARD INSECT LIKE CONTINUO BUZZ. DEC 10 TO 20 MINUTE.. APR 28 WILDCAT CANYON, CONTRA COSTA CO. CALIF 11:05 AM - SAW 2 FEEDING & SCRATCHING ON 1-2 INCH HIGH GRASS LAWN IN OPEN PICNIC GROUND. 30 FT TO NEAREST COVER WHICH WAS BACKHUS. TWO STEMMERTAYS FEEDING ABOUT 10 FT AWAY, SCATTERED EUCALY. TREES PROVIDED SOME HIGH (10 TO 20 FT. HIGH) COVER, MAY 5 11:10 AM 1 OR SITTING OUT ON TOP OF 6 FT BRANCHALS GIVING "CHW-TWEET" - FIRST NOTE HARDLY HEARD BUT TWEET (OR "CHWEENH") VERY LOW. ANOTHER HEARD CANNING HIGH UP (100 FT AWAY) ON HIGH,