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1937
We went to Paso Robles where we had lunch - At
Moss Landing just before sunset there were
thousands of gulls - sand spits covered solidly
with them. A few ducks in the lagoon; many
pintails in a salt pool; a Snowy Egret gone
through most energetic motions - Reached Boulder
Creek about 6:30 p.m., Rain during night.
Oct. 16. Clear and fresh. Kingfishers very noisy.
Hermit Thrush & Pulyco. Knight heard. Returned to
Berkley in late afternoon.
Oct. 17. Berkeley. Many Golden-crowned Knights in
the redwoods and juncos below us - Clear, warm.
Oct. 18. Red-breasted Nuthatches near west of home.
Mrs. Fletcher's group went to Drumberton Bridge
and Mountain View Marsh. Near Alvarado we
saw a group of 60+ White Pelicans circling for
height. Later joined by another group. A few split
off and moved westward toward the bay - The
others disappeared north eastward in the bay.
At the Alvarado Duck Club we saw an Anthony
Green Heron and thousands of ducks - the great
majority Pintails; some Shovelers and Mallards.
At the Leslie Salt Works: more Pintails, a few Willets,
Dowitchers & Blackbirds. Yellowlegs and Sandpipers. At Drumberton Bridge
about 600 Banded Terns (one with head plumes); a few
Pintails. No Phalaropes, Pelicans or Egrets.
At Mountain View, tide just turning, light excellent;
Long-billed Curlew 40+ (no Hudsonian) 100s Bd. Clover,
100s Willets; 20+ Dowitchers, a few Yellowlegs. Many
Sandpipers (no Redact I close enough for identification),
no Godwits, 6+ Rails (Clapper)