Bird notes, v4397
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Grobsbeak - ab. T singing. Layali Bunting - sep. E. Lake (Wet. Blvd.) and near remnants of mts. Calif. Purple Finch - Sempre Verde & Big Trees - Linnet - ab. in orchards & vines. Now near Cottage but many near Hunting Couplce St. Goldfinch - ab. - in suitable localities Spotted Towhee - ab. Brown Towhee Bryant Sparrow - Drum Bridge - Junco - Sempre Verde - Big Trees etc. Chipping Sparrow - near Saratoga, S. Verde. Willall Sparrow - Berkeley & S. Cruz - Song Sparrow - ab. in suitable localities Total 83. May18. Lois saw a pair of quail with four Tiny babies on the pavement of Morwood Road. The mother covered the babies but as Lois approached, the parents went up on the sidewalk; but the babies ran along the road. One fell over as it ran. Finally they came One jumped up four inches over the curb. The other Three ran until they reached a garage entrance where they could join the parents - Thrushes began their period of song. One is often on the front path and is quite Tame- May20. Commencement Day. A Cassia Vined was singing in the garden during the morning. The two Home Wrens came into conflict