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March
Beddley: 1922
Mar. 11. Flurry of snow at 1 P.M. Jamie reported
Tamalpais ridge of hills in East Bay
white with snow.
Mar. 12. Sunny.
Mar. 13. Came down stairs.
Mar. 14. Banded Brown Towhee No. 49010
definitely missing. New Brown Towhee
acted very nervous on the table.
Mar. 15. Rain.
Mar. 16. S.F. Towhee with foot missing
Shower. Brown Towhee, unbanded, has
certainly brought new mate to take place
of 49010.
Mar. 18. Went to Baumberg with Mrs. Wood. Very
wet and bare. No flowers except mustard and
canchalagua. Country flooded. Blackbirds, Coots,
Killdeer, Dovitches, Sandpipers, a few ducks,
pipits and a butcher bird. Also Violet green Swallows
Mar. 19. Warm, balmy. First time this year.
Mar. 20. Sulphurat Warbler heard, first time this year.
Mar. 21. Fox sparrow came to table with foot
injured by band.
Mar. 22. Banded the new mate of the Brown Towhee
which defies blue jays — no. 51980. Accidentally
tally pulled out all the tail feathers in removing it from trap.