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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.