Bird notes, v4396
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60 1935 and Spotted Towhee, Caleijay, Brush tit, Fox Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, Townsend and Audubon Warbler, Juncos, G. B. Goldfinch and Junnet, Birds heard and identified by call-note: Varied Thrush, Pine Siskin, Robin, Vigors Wren. Total 26 sp. Afternoon cold, partly cloudy. March 19. Cold - Partly Cloudy. Rain at night. March 20. Warmer. Rain. Female titmouse in destructively gathering bark of spiraea and about 9 a.m. entrance Carrying it into nesting box. Keeping the hole free from cobweb seems to have helped to attract the birds back to their former meeting site. Hermit Thrush eating pomegranate seeds. Spotted Towhee tries to scratch the " seeds out. March 21 Rain. Titmouse near box about 8 a.m. Away most of day. March 22 Rain - very heavy in evening March 23. Charter Day - cleaning. March 24. Clear - cold. March 25- Cloudy - warmer. Titmouse near box more frequently during day. Rain in evening. March 26. Clear. Cold. March 27. Warm spring day. Spent morning in Cox's donnees Park; also walked up Rose St. to old quarry. Except for crowned Sparrow birds were not very abundant. Birds singing: G.c. Gambel or Pugetonia (both?) and Nuttall Sparrow, Bewick Sparrow, R-c Kinglet, Titmouse, Indriect Frankler and (below quarry) Caledonian Warbler. Very few Aud. Warblers. Several Flickers, Allen's Cana Hummer, Quail (2-plots). Towhees (Spotted) Pine Siskin.