Bird notes, v4397
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1939 20. Tule Wren - Heard singing at Lake Merced where we caught glimpses of it. 21. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - singing. 22. Audubon Warbler - many seen. 23. California Purple Finch - eating melon seeds. 24. House Finch - abundant in tea garden. 25. Willow Goldfinch - one in full plumage singing continuously at Lake Merced. 26. Nuttall Sparrow - everywhere abt. 27. Golden-crowned - heard. 28. Song Sparrow abundant. 29. Spotted Towhee - heard. 30. English Sparrow - at Tea Garden. At Lake Merced the wind was so strong at the East end of the lake that we could not do birding except from the car, so we did not find yellowthroats. March 28. Cloudy, cold. I heard the Varied Thrush when I got up at 6:30 a.m. March 30, 31 Warm. Jean saw gulls migrating. April 1, 2. Cloudy with rain at night. J.T.D drove to Boulder Creek. J. burned the rest of the brush, and I worked in the garden - Flowering peach, T Crabes, daffodils in full bloom. On the way down we passed the Alvarado ponds - very few birds - some Sponbills, one pintail, one Greater Yellowlegs. On the return trip we stopped at Mt. View Marsh where birds