Bird banding records #3, v4506
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286 and brought them to the ground There were three of them, and also an unferctile egg. The young birds, which were apparently about a week old, were banded with the above numbers and replaced in the nest. On May 27th. visited the nest again with Ethel Sumner. Birds were still in the nat; seemed to be about a week old. On the same day (27th.) drove around Rich- mond, where acacia trees we planted, with Ethel. We saw at least four more grown mockingbirds (6 grown ones in all today, and perhaps more). On Barrett are. between 25th. and 26th. St. me found another nest with three young in it. This mat was only about eight feet above the sidewalk, and could be fairly seen from below. These young were, apparently, about two days old. On May 29th. I went again, with Mary Erickson, to find the birds, but someone had pulled down the nest and the birds were gone. Barn Owl B 646911. Caught May 24 1934 outside of National History Museum in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.