Bird notes, v4396
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25 Lady Bird. May 9. [illegible] next to Arroyo Mucha back of Livermore. Overcast, not too hot. Did not find Chain-peppers. Birds seen there: Killdeer, Sparrow Hawks, Mourning Doves, Quail, Hummingbird (Anna- or Black-chinned? Look small. Not in full plumage), Flicker, W. Kingbirds (ab. nests in high branches of sycamore. Child's nest near by. Tried to drive away oriole. Not always suc- cessful.), Wood Pewee, Black Phoebe, Ash-Throated Flycatcher, Titmouse, Bushtit, W. Bluebird, Warbling Vireo, Pale-olated Warbler (several together - probably the northern species) in migration); Yellow Warblers, Meadowlarks, Brewer Blackbirds, Bullock's Oriole (ab.), Western Tanager (one male), Grosbeak (1 pr.), Lazuli Bunting heard (?), Linnets at. Sng-Sparrows. Green-backed and Lawrence Goldfinch, Spotted and Brown Towhee. Crossed from Livermore to Danville (Mission Bridge) and Calif. Woodpecker, Yellow-billed Magpie on way. At Mission Bridge we found Long-tailed Chat, Yellowthroat, Also Pied-billed Grebes (3), 2nd Blue Heron, Audubon's Green Heron; Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs (two flying and calling; later one seen in marsh). Turkey Buzzards, Mourning Doves, Quail, Coot, Kingfisher, Willow Woodpecker, Flickers, Black Thrush, Cliff and Violet-green Swallows (ab.), Bushtit, Red-winged Blackbirds, Meadowlarks, Brewer Blackbirds, Linnets, Spotted Towhee and many Song Sparrows. At the Water Temple we added: House Wren, Cassin Vireo, Chestnut-backed Thrush, Robin house. 5:16.