Bird notes, v4397
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1939 Clear Lake We drove over to the cattails beyond Curtin's before breakfast and found the yellow-headed Black- birds still there (see Apr. 6) and also the Yellowthroats (but Lewis Woodpeckers were not seen). In the dry hills (Blues oats) above the hotel we found the Wrentit, Thrasher, Slender-billed Nuthatch (feeding young in a basket in a hole in a tree stump four feet above the ground We tried with a flash light to into the nest but could only see the grassy edge. We had a wonderful view of a Black-throated Grey Warbler which was singing in low calls. At Curtin's we found a Western Robin and hordes of Yellow Warblers. We drove around the hill to the east and on to Clear Lake Oaks and beyond to find water birds. W. Grebes were ab. there as elsewhere, two Farallone Cormorants were seen, but nothing else. As we returned southward a pelting shower came on. From Lower Lake we drove over to Jag's resort but found no real birds. From the top we could see four White Pelicans (Anderson's Flat), On the way out we saw several Flickers, a Willow Goldfinch, a Tanager and Lazuli Bunting. 64sp. May 11. Berkeley. The Thrasher is singing again. A Lutescent Warbler is feeding young out of the nest near the bird pool. Still no songs to indicate the presence of a male.