Bird notes, v4396
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161 At San Mateo Bridge thousands of birds - a few St. Curbles, 100t 200t 50t 100t 100s many Godwits, Willets, Dovetails, Br. Plover, Sandpipers. In salt ponds about 40 Crocets asleep - Species 44+ Beautiful warm day- Oct. 19. Many warwings on the Campus. Heard Red-breasted Antibatches on the hill near home. Also 3 (Other birds not abundant). Oct. 21. Cool, foggy r in piers. Oct. 22. Warm again. Drove to Boulder Creek. (Oct. 23. Boulder Creek. Hutton Vireo, Rc. Kniglet, Hermit Thrush, S-C. Sparrows and large flocks of Chickadees (juncos - No Knigleters heard. Juncos were feeding something off of roof - seeds or gravel? Beautiful weather. Oct. 26 Mrs. Wilbur's group went to Dumbarton Bridge, Mt. Vird, Redwood City, San Mateo Bridge, Alameda. Foggy. In order to reach Mt. Vird marsh before the tide was out too far we made no stops at Dumbarton Bridge but birds there were very abundant, especially Grecos. No pelicans or egrets were seen. At Mountain View the tide was too far out for us to see a great number of birds from the highway, but we had good views of the different species - Long- billed Curlew, Br. Plover, Willets, Dovetails, Yellowlegs, Sandpipers, one Godwit, and Rails. As the fog did not lift we went to Mrs. Taylor's place at Redwood City for lunch - Sunny and warm there. Hutton Vireo, Chickadees, Hermit Thrush, and Cremed Sparrows there At San Mateo Bridge the tide was almost high and birds were hunched together on sandspits many with their heads under their wings. Willets and Godwits most numerous. At the Oakland Airport Traffic was too thick to allow of a stop but I saw a large flock of Sandpipers At the estuary between Bay Farm Island and Alameda