Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
111
March 31. Clear a.m.; partly cloudy p.m. N.W. wind. Odder
in afternoon. Varied Thrushes, Robins, juncos,
Siskins, Townsend Warblers, Audubon Warblers (in
full plumage), White-crowned Sparrows, St. Nuttall
Jays feeding on oak worms. Heard Pileated
Warbler at end of Morawood Rd.
April 1. Still cold. Birds still very abundant.
Heard an Allen Hummingbird near Stadium -
have been very scarce. Robins pick the
worms up from the ground or take them from
the trunks or branches of the trees rather than
from the leaves.
Apr. 2. Gave talk on Ornithology for Amateurs at
Women's Faculty Club. Rain at night -
Apr. 3. Rained hard all day.
Apr. 4. Drove to Butah Creek. A flock of Willow Goldfinches
was seen on the gravel surfaced road in Pleasants
Valley. Butah Creek was very high, bridge under
water. Went on to Vintners. Returned via Cordelia,
Benicia, Valley. Saw 4 Am. Egrets, 1 Willet near
Benicia. Cloudy a.m., windy near Bay. Clear p.m.
April 5. Chilly north-west wind: Clear. Boulder Co. ? back
April 6. Warm, clear. Lady Birds drove up hills
back of Leona Heights - Saw Pheasants-crowned
Sparrow and heard song:
White-throated Swifts flew over us and across
to "glory hole" of old quarry. At Miss Gra-
Laves Riding Academy There were Chipping
Sparrows, Gambel (?) and Golden-crowned Sparrows,
but no House Wrens. Many Allen Hummingbirds
seen. Saw one pair of Purple Finches in pines
at Montelais. Female Allen H. carrying willow fluff -