Bird notes, v4396
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166 1937 Western (100s) (when settled covered one small island as thickly as they could stand; Red-backed and Least (a few at Beavicia)); Willetts (500-1000); Godwits (1000s); Avocets (500+); Western Gulls, Bonaparte Gulls, Plovers, Black Phoebe (1); Tree Wrens, Pipits, Shrikes (25+); Audubon Warblers (a few); Redwing (1000s); Meadowlarks (100s); Brown Blackbirds (1000s); Linnets (100s); Willows Goldfinches (1000+); Savannah Sparrows (40+), Juncoo (a few); Gambel Sparrows (50+); Song Sparrow 48 species. Nov. 25. Since some identifications were unsatisfactory and the hunting season would open Nov. 27, I returned to Sean Pt. and found the following? Birds were much less numerous than on Monday but most of the shorebirds were on the mud flats as the tide was turning. We saw a large flock of Avocets fly across to the shore and also many flocks of Sandpipers and dowitchers. Mr. McCaule thought he saw a Black Rail. Grebes & Herons were the same as on Nov. 22 plus a few Night Herons and several Bitterns. There were many Dovits and both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs and a few Common Coots. Additional ducks were a flock of Ale. Mergansers (20+); male Canvas backs and a few Baldpates. Mr. McCaule went across the marsh to the shore and made sure that the large brown waders were Godwits - at least most of them. Later we saw one Curlew near Valley's. We saw the three White tailed Kites again; also a chest-eaded Cluck on Burrowing Owl; Sandpipers were mainly Red-backed and Least in the marsh. Beautiful clear weather. Nov. 30 Walked from poetrey farm to the botanical gardens (no fond nothing but a few gander). Very few birds in the gardens: Mr. Gold, Ald. Warden, Aimee Nimmer Gardens, R.C. Knights, 4-68 Nuttall Sp. On hill above, flicker Cedar-Cole jug. On way back Fox Sparrow. Eating madrone berries - Robins & her. Then