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June 15. A few Carpian Terns and one Gull seen at Drumbarton Bridge.
June 16. Boulder Creek. Black-throated Gray Warbler
singing. P.T. Thrush sometimes sings the usual
song of the species - sometimes the Canyon
Wren combination.
June 18-21. Beautiful weather in Berkeley.
Heard Olive-sided Flycatcher from house.
June 21. Saw thrasher feeding a young bird -
full grown but bill short. Young bird made
a few digging motions.
June 22. Sany Pool will on Sand Hill road. Black Thr. Gray Warbler?
June 25. A brood of about 25 baby quail was seen
near the pool. Noticed a quererly call of the
parent (male?) used several times. Other birds
heard near by, which have only been heard
in the distance during the past months were:
Black Phoebe and Lazuli Bunting.
June 27. Lady Birds went to Boulder Creek. Stopped
at Miles nursery where we saw the Mockingbird;
one also near Mission San Jose. Went over to
Alma Rock Park, where we found Dotted
Canyon Wrens - this pair seemed to have a nest
among the rocks under the roots of a tree just
above a very rocky stream bed. The female (?)
kept creeping about disappearing frequently into
the cavity under the roots. When we finally
approached the site she flew under a water tank
and the song of the male was heard twice. At
the entrance to the park a pair was busy high
up among the rocks of the precipitous hill;
seemed to be feeding young out of the nest.
Other birds seen there - Mourning Doves, Stellar