Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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March 19, 1941
Windy, cloudy, and clear.
Payzant's Woods 1:30 to 3:30 P.M.
Winter Wren
Gardiner Woodpecker
Ruby-crown Kinglet
Sparrowhawk
Golden-crown Kinglet
Flicker
Valley Quail
Rusty Song Sparrow
Robin
China Pheasant
Violet-green Swallow
Western Bluebird
Wilson Snipe
Meadowlark
Killdeer
Brewer Blackbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Crow
Junco
*Band-tailed Pigeon
Pipit
English Sparrow
Horned Lark
Slender-bill Nuthatch
Great Blue Heron
Red-breast Sapsucker
Towhee
Seattle Wren
Oregon Chickadee
Stellar Jay
The first one that I have ever seen. It was perched in an Ash tree about twenty feet above the ground. It looked almost twice as large as the Mourning Dove. The underparts were a pale red or pinkish shade. There was a whiteish bar around the rear base of the head. Under side of tail was white and upper part gray. Upper body seemed to be blue-green or similar.