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Banks P.C.
1956
Song Sparrow
16.
16 Mar. Esklman Road S. Esklman Hall, - Song
Sparrow sang here,
Near Men's Fac Club. - Bird singing E. of
bridge. Became very alarmed when I
squeaked, but could not find a &. 3
resumed singing in a few minutes.
S. Chem Bldg. at creek bend. Pair of song
sparrows. One picked up nesting material,
went toward clump of iris. Nest seen
in bushes above iris with material. 3 not
singing. 5 minutes, both moved to bushes
at edge of lawn NW corner Women's Fac Club.
Green, Uncle Man's Fac. Club - NW Corner - Pair
song sparrows here, frantically feeding
in heavy brush- honeysuckle, ivy,
acacia etc. First noticed when in a
flying chase. May be gathering nest
material. This is S. of creek, N. of Hall
by Fac. Club. Opp. bldg. corner is a trail
to stream. I am on it, birds are 10 ft. W.
One spot near very heavily covered with
droppings. All was quiet for a while,
squeaked. One bird came to dead(?) shock,
not quickly. (I have moved & am sitting
in rock in stream. It sat there about a
minute, went back toward base of Bakery)
NE Corner Calif Hall - Bird singing in
live oak, high in tree, at edge of patch
of low Junipers.
Barnardt, N. I Barnor lane - Pair of birds
between hedge and [illegible] cound wall, close to
where they met Last seen in vines.
S. side Women's Fac. Club - Pair of birds