Field notes, v600
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KDixon 1950 Journal Apr. 9. Strawberry Canyon Univ Calif Campus Alameda Co, (Calif. 9:30 - 10:45 in lower part of canyon. Sunny; breeze from W 5 mph after 10:00, cloud over sun after that time. Downy Woodpecker - 3 drummed on telephone pole near Poultry lab in one position 10:08 - 10:21, then flew to broken stumps of alder where this species had roosted in 1947 and 1948 and foraged on bark there. Fruit not in evidence. Western Flycatcher call not "peet" heard often Plain Titmouse - see species acc't. Hutton Vires Warbling Vireo - in song, common in willows and alders O-c Warbler - song heard occasionally chiefly on S slope Pileolated Warbler - several 3's in willows only - no song Purple Finch - in song, chiefly in oaks House Finch - 3 overhead in clearing along road Brown Towhee pair on telephone wires E of Poultry farmhouse Fox Sparrow 1 in oak underbrushes Green-becked goldfinch - song and calls in oak woodland Apr. 16. Monterey Bay of Point Pinos, Monterey Co., Calif. left Municipal Wharf in Monterey about 8:AM on excursion with ±100 Cooper Club members aboard the "Siocco", a converted 110 foot subchaser. Common loon noted singly in harbor Brandt Cormorant " Pelagic Cormorant one in bay Sea becoming rougher (ground swell); ship followed by Western Gulls joined by one imm Plaisance-wing The gulls dropped out at greater distance perhaps 8 miles offshore. At this distance we found Fulmar