Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Melospiza melodia
Sav Sparrow
24.
3 Apr. Bear Man's Fac. Club
this nest this morning
2 eggs in
4 Apr. Stream N LSB - squealed and 2 kids
flew up from weed patch. Watched them
feedin trees for 15 minutes. Found
nest (empty) in the weed patch.
6 Apr. Bear Man's Fac. Club, Nest Z - Still 2
eeggs today - set must be complete,
Changed eggs this morning for those
in White Crown nest A. See journal.
7 Apr. Bear Man's Fac. Club, Nest Z Did not
see any incubation, or ♀, but ♀
singing in area.
Stream N LSB, Nest Y - 3 eggs in
this nest today.
8 Apr. Stream N LSB, Nest Y - still 3 eggs
this morning. Assume the set is
complete.
Bear Man's Fac. Club, Nest Z - ♀ not on
nest.
1 mile SE Stinson Beach, Marin Co. Calif.
saw a bird flying about 20 ft high,
suddenly flutted wings very fast,
butterfly flight, song in midair.
The song was fairly typical, but it
surprised me so I almost missed it.
After singing he did a steep glide into
some bushes.
10 Apr. Bear Man's Fac. Club, Nest Z - Eggs are
warm. Did not see ♀.
Stream N LSB, Nest Y - ok. still 3 eggs