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6th
1985
journal
20.
March 15 her from her nest and noted a single (1)
egg in the nest. I gave all birds
food & water. Beth Braker came
along and she took pictures of birds
30( and 273 with her camera.
Mt. Tam, Marin Co., Calif
March 16 Deb and I went up to Mt. Tam today.
We got there at about 7:15 am. It
was cloudy, cool, and windy in some
places. We drove through the park
area and stopped at the spot
we used before. At first, we decided
to just walk around, and we heard
a lone Type 2 bird flying. We then
went back to the car to get the
decoy's -- "57" and 298. We set up
a net next to a small Doug Fir.
It wasn't long, and we captured
3 out of a flock of 4 (303, 304, 305)
while the 4th was scared-off by
a Kestrel. There were lots of
crossbills around in medium-sized
flocks of 10-30 birds. Type 2's
were the rarest, while Type 4 was