Bird notes, v4397
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of our cottage near the Huntington place. We saw the male several times but did not see a female. Near the cottage a Hutton Vireo was heard repeatedly. It has not been heard earlier in the summer. At dusk a family of birds came in near the river below the cottage whose notes I could not be sure of. No songs but high pitched squeaky Calls notes - probably of the young. July 5. Early (6:45 a.m.) I heard the full song of the Western Wren just below the cottage and a little later the same squeaky notes of young birds. I do not know whether these squeaky notes were uttered by baby Winter Wrens or not. Olive-sided Flycatchers were uttering their pipipip Calls constantly. On July 4 we located Ash-streaked Flycatchers back of the Huntington place, high in the redwoods. In the afternoon we returned to Berkeley and stopped at Mt. Veed Marsh, and were surprised to find many Long-billed Curlews present. They were all some distance from the highway and I could easily re- cognize most of them as Long-billed but there may have been a few Hudsonian. Also about 20 Willets. Left at 3:30 p.m. At Drumbarton Bridge 4 p.m. We saw five small flocks of Sandpipers in flight. Only once did I see a flock (8-10) alight and one was definitely a Redback.