Bird notes, v4397
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May 6 (Contd.) Mt. View Marsh. Tide very low. Black-bellied Plover 3; Semi-palated Plover 5; Hudsonian Curlew 10; Western Sandpipers 40t, (No Willets, Godwits, Yellowlegs, Dintchlers, Lp & Curlew) Boulder: Heard a W.W. Wren & Hermit Thrush in late afternoon. May 7. Boulder Creek. I was awake before dawn. The first bird I heard was the Goshawk singing. Then the Chirp-aided Flycatcher calling in distance. Pt. Thrush (Calls only). A little later the W. Wrens, Tanagers, Spotted and Brown Tanagers, and Still later the Warblers: Yellow, Pileated and Black. Vividated of Casing Viper Gray, Western Flycatcher and Wood Pewee. On the way home Yellow Warblers were heard in many places and a Lazuli Bunting at Caraloga Gap. Heard the W.W. Wren again near the cottage-and a Creeper singing. The Cabanis Woodpecker was heard many times- in Berkeley (5:45 p.m.) Mr. Stratton brought a Tanager killed by breaking the window. May 8. The Faculty Group went to Reliz Valley after a roundabout drive through Alhambra Valley almost to Martinez (main Station). One stop at a ranch offered good birding: A pair of House Wrens feeding young in a nest at the top of the corner post of a building; Song Sparrows with young out of the nest - two W. Flycatcher pairs: Yellow Warblers, Gnatcatchers, Wood Pewees, both Jays, both Tanagers, Linnets, 4th Goldfinches and a Turkey Buzzard. Along the way more Buzzards, Sparrows, Hwnts, Meadow Lark, Brewer's Blackbirds, Cliff Swallows. At the ranch in the Reliz Valley where we found 26 species on May 13, 1938. There were very