Bird notes, v4397
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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-)