Bird notes, v4391
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April 1923 Berkeley. April 20. Dr. Grumell reports White-throated Sparrow near Faculty Club in full song (Golden-crowned Sparrow near Faculty Club. April.26) Clear, crisp. Brown Thrush seen carrying nesting materials - soft straw or grass - Hermit Thrush came to bathe at 6:30 p.m. Black-beaded Grosbeak heard in early morning east. April 22. Hermit Thrush came to bathe 4:30 p.m. Clear, crisp. Heard Black-beaded Grosbeak near Greek Theater. Apr.24. Olive-sided Flycatcher calling at noon from above us on the hill. Dr. Bryant reported it also back of Greek Theater. Beautiful weather. Apr.25. Waked at dawn to hear White-throated Sparrow singing Could not see it in dense shrubbery. Sang 6-8 times. Last time Hermit Thrush came to bathe. At 9 a.m. small flock of Black-throated Gray Warblers seen - heard earlier also Very bright plumage. At 4:00 p.m. drove with Mr. & Mrs. Schaefer to Bamburg. Grocets there still. Also sandpipers (W) a flock of 20 Curlew in fields, a few ducks - Green- winged Teal. Pintail, Shoveller and Ruddy- Flushed Meadow Lark from nest - well downed of dry grass - 6 eggs. Many Cliffswall barn building on old barn. Also Barn Sw and Violet-green. Heard Orioles. Linnet, Willow Goldfinch and Horned Larks around. Also Red-winged Blackbirds.