Field notes, v667
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March 28, 1950, Pacific Ocean, rock-bluff shore, San Diego, 1600-1645 PST. Black Turnstones - about 40 at one place, and 2 of them had white cheeks. ? (Hudsonian) Curlews - 4 "bedded" down on rocks. head striped plainly as in the Hudsonians, but bill 3-4" long and with a more-pronounced bend than I have even noticed on the Hudsonian. Surfbirds - about 7 of them with and near the turnstones. Willets - individuals Least Sandpipers Western Sandpipers Black Phoebe on sandstone headlands. Western Meadowlarks California Purple Finches March 28. 1950, Bird Rock, to La Jolla, San Diego Co. Calif. 1715-1800. Baird Cormorants Brown Pelicans - some full males. American Egret - l seen l-mile offshore on kep beds. Black Burnstones Surfbirds Western Sandpipers Heerman Gull - no full adults males seen. Western Gulls Mourning Doves Black Phoebe Barn Swallows House Wren Mockingbirds Western Meadowlarks Brewer Blackbirds California Purple Finches March 28, 1950, Balboa Park, San Diego, 1830 PST. Texas Trilling Nighthawk - lst one of season, flew about the car on the ridge top east of the zoon entrance at dusk. March 28, 1950, Tijuana, Mexico - 1005 P. M. Killdeer - one called from wet lands in nearly-dry wash under bridge just south of the international border. March 29, 1950, Hills E and S of Chula Vista, San Diego Co., 0530-0700 PST. Clear, calm, and cool, and north of Telegraph Canyon. Black Brant - from bay they flew east of over us Valley Quail Long-billed Curlews - 9 flew east over us, from bay. California Horned Larks Tree Swallows Western Meadowlarks California Purple Finches March 29, 1950, Chula Vista, San Diego Co. 0700-0800 PST. Mourning Doves Cliff Sw.llows Plain Titmice Western Mockibir d. Audubon Warblers English Sparrows Brewer Blackbirds Hooded Orioles - 3 pair seen along U. S. 101 this a.m., all playing with each other by chasing and scolding, and all males fully colored.