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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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June 25, 1950, Heerman Drive, Monterey, Mont. Co. 430-6 a.m. pine woods with Baccharis and dwarf actostaphylos underneath. Some Rhus,& Diplacus
Duck Hawk flew over, heading to sea
Valley Quail - 1 covey
Band-tailed Pigeon
Mourning Doves
Caliope Hummingbird
Monterey Red-shafted Flicker
Willow Downy Woodpecker
Western Flycatcher
Southern California Jay
Santa Cruz Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Tawny Brown Creeper
Monterey Pigmy Nuthatch
Monterey Wren-tit
House Wren
Russet-backed Thrush - 1st bird to sing - many singing before daylight at 4 a.m.
The numbers and frequency tapered off quite a bit by 6 a.m.
Lutescent Warbler singing at 530 a.m.
Calif. Purple Finches
Common Goldfinches
San Diego Spotted Towhee
Pt. Pinos Oregon Junco
Song Sparrow, Santa Cruz
June 25, 1950, Moss Landing, Monterey Co. 730-750 a.m. PDST. Calif. Foggy.
Brown Pelicans - 18
Blue Heron - 12
Black-crowned Night Heron - 11
Killdeer
Willit
Godwits
Dowitchers
Northern Phalarope - 1 male
Avocet - 5 seen
Western Gulls
Foresterns Terns
Least Terns - 4
California Horned Larks
Bank Swallows
Barn Swallows
Tule Long-billed Marsh Wren
Western Meadowlark
San Francisco Red-wings
Brewer Blackbirds
Calif. Purple Finches
Common Goldfinches