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one five. Eggs were large in proportion to the
size of the birds, buffy with dark brown spots.
We drove back through Sacheo Pass
To Gilroy, over Hecker Pass to Watsonville and
on to Boulder Creek. 92° at Los Banos.
May 28, Boulder Creek. Clear - quite warm in
middle of day. Tanager, Black-Throated
Grey Warblers in addition to usual birds.
Dam: Br. Willets 25; Anocets 6+4g, 11asleep, 4; N. Phal 8+12
Canyon Terms 12T, Foster Terms 10t; Shaffer Rail 1.
May 29. Berkeley. Clear, warm. Mt. Thrush Cow-
Start singer at dawn. Also Luteceant War-
bler and House Wren - the three species
Dawn some are nesting near by. I could
hear faint calls of the baby House Wrens
in the top near the front door. Visited
Heard the Cassin Vireo again. It must
be nesting in the canyon this year.
Visited the Exposition - Only birds along
the bay shore are gulls - not many -
in miniature plumage.
May 30. A Nuttall Sparrow sang east of the house -
the first time I have heard it from the house
during the breeding season. I think Linnets
are nesting on our hillside - perhaps on Arden Rd.
June 3. About 7 a.m. I heard a soft whistle
which suggested the Pygmy Owl as I have
heard Major Brooks invite it. It sounded
quite close to my bedroom window (Coast Bay-)