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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