Bird notes, v4396
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109 March 17. Cooler. Cloudy. March 18 Warm. Clear. Harris W. Gnatcatcher in deciduous March 19. W. Flycatcher & W. House Wren near our house Juncos And Warblers singing. Also Knights. Varied Thrush & Hermit Thrush still here. G.c Sparrows moulting. Cedar Waxwings increasing. Warm. Fog in evening. March 21,22. Colden March 23. Cedar Waxwings at Willows and Streets Theater. Cold. Rain at night. Mar. 24. Raining. Many birds singing: Hermit Thrush, G.c Sparrow, Lieutenant Warbler, Vigos Wren, Titmouse Squ Sparrow, House Wren. March 25. Lady Birds walked through lower Campus- 2 Varied Thrushes, Cedar Waxwings near Women's Faculty Club. Titmouse entered nest hole in Grenella Tree, carrying a feather. Pine Siskins flying over. Purple Finch, Song Sparrows, Bushtits, Flicker, Junco, Brown Towhee, Robin, Hermit Thrush, Audubon Warblers, Towhees (heard), Almost no birds in sister's garden. Woolsey Creek: Spotted & Brown Towhees, 1 Warbling Vireo, Juncos, Golden-crowned Sparrow (very few), Belted Kinglet. Cold wind fr. N.W. March 27. Hermit Thrush sang continuously at dawn. Later Gambel & Golden-crowned Sparrows & Dusks came to feed on safe worms. Many Purple Finches & Robins. At 9 a.m. went to Women's Faculty Club grounds only to find them spraying all the oats - great force used. After spraying they turned a fire hose with great force into all the low shrubs. Very few birds on north side of club. On south side I found a pair of Pt. Pinos Juncos in only dry spot. Sprayers nursed our safe Tree at back door. Towhees Warbler there. Bushtits carry nesting