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Transcription
1934.
13
Mrs. Thompson told me that at an evening lecture
given by Prof. Whitman in Room 11 Wheeler Hall,
a hummingbird (male Anna) flew about the room
for an hour without alighting.
April 6. Bird Lore trip to Lake Merced. Fog on
bay a.m., fog all day at Lake Merced. Not
in Berkeley - no breeze.
On bay: Loon (Pac.?), Common Loon, Western
Grebe (ab.), Cormorant (Far.?), Surf and White-
winged Scoter, Glaucous-winged Gull, Bonaparte's Gull (ab.), Sandpipers (sp.? 1 flock).
At Cliff House: Surf Birds (2), Glaucous-wg.
& Western Gulls.
At Lake Merced: Pied-billed Grebe - 2 spent most
of lunch hour asleep in edge of lake in
shallows water midst of tules. Herons, Cormorant,
At Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night Herons (8+),
Bittern (seen twice), Mallard Ducks (males
ab., only two females seen, Brooding?),
Puddy Duck - one male, White on cheeks and
under tail very conspicuous.
Virginia Rail. Came into pool where grebes slept.
Coot.
Glaucous-wg. Calif. (or Ring-billed) and Western Gulls.
Anna Hummingbird - one female acting as if near nest.
Allen's Hummingbirds - hundreds -
Kingfisher - disappeared into fog - heard call.
Flicker - heard.
W Flycatcher, Swallow (sp.), Chestnut-backed
Chickadee (ab.), Bush-Tit, Virginia Wren,
Cute Wren - very ab. - singing, carrying tules 15" in long