Bird notes, v4396
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107 Feb.29. Mr. Melabe went with us to Boulder Creek. Mr. McE. & Major Brooks came to college after their hunt for ocean birds at Santa Cruz. At Dumbarton Bridge 200+ Arclets, Least & Red s. Sandpipers, Eared Grebes. Scamp- Mar.1. Walked up to Whittaker place - Saw Varied Thrushes, Chicka- Dees, Hutton Vireos, Hermit Thrush, juncos, Bush-Tits, Virgin Wren. Spotted Towhee, Wrentit, Calif. Woodpecker. Major Brooks Called all the birds about him by squealing his mouse, imitating a Pygmy Owl and the crested Jay - Very rare. Heard Kingfisher & Creeper. One Lutecent Warbler. Mar.2- To warm spring weather. Saw a titmouse flying across to eaves - probably to get cob- web for nest. Housecleaning prevented close observation. Purple Finches singing. Oaks blossoming March 7. Beautiful weather. Drove to Boulder Creek. Dumbarton Bridge - High tide. About 40 Willets on a dyke bordering a salt pond. Many Eared Grebes. March 8. Hutton Vireo calling continuously at dawn. Juncos acted as if they were mated - building. Dusk 5:30 p.m. Pair of Lutecent Warblers at pool. March 9. Summer day. Faculty Section went to (Cali Springs and Unida). At Cali Springs: Allen Dummer (female) and nest in Blackberry about three feet from a nest we found last year. Birds not very abundant. Several Lutecent Warblers heard. Watched Bushtits, Virgin Wren, Red-tailed Hawks (4 together), Near Meadow- Larks. Song Sparrow, Titmouse, Calif. Jay, Lusinet (one) Wren. Wt. Saw Threed Golden-crowned Kinglets. At Unida: Puddy Ducks, Costs, Black Phoebe, Golden-c & White cr (subsp?) Sparrows, Titmouse and Slevder - billed Muthatch (calling & singing -