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87.
Sept. 14. Warner. Cloudy. Heard Tenager over and Red-breasted
Nuthatch several times in early morning. Thrasher
Song Sparrow and Vireo Wren singing. Warbler notes
have been heard several times yesterday and today.
Left for Boulder Creek at 10 a.m. Partly cloudy-
Sept. 15. Sun came up clear. Warm. Rusty-backed Thrush
called repeatedly at dawn. Many quail, well grown.
Rained in Berkeley last night.
Sept. 16. Not. No wind. Tanagers in upper canyon,
Sept. 17. " " " Cooler at night.
Sept. 18. Beautiful day. House Wren heard several
times yesterday and today. Occasional
warbler notes. Thrasher sings much of time.
Red-breasted Nuthatch heard Sept. 16, 17, 18.
Sept. 19. Two Thrashers singing most of the morning. Also
occasionally House Wren, Vireo Wren, Wren-tit. Call note
of Olivaceous Warbler and Vireos (up?). Songy Nuttall
Vireo heard.
Sept. 22 Boulder Creek. S.V. Rusty-backed Thrush.
W.V. Red-breasted Nuthatch. Near Dublin - one
song of Gambel Sparrow. Crows near Mission Bridge
At Dumbarton Bridge (4ft?) Avocets 90, Willets (yes),
Yellowlegs 20, Band pipers W.S.L. Ducks (up?) 200-
In violence at south many birds. No grebes
or Phalaropes seen. One bird flies like a snipe-
but showed black and white at back of tail
longitudinal, not across. 6 Trolling Buzzards over
washed east of Coyote Hills.