Bird notes, v4391
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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.