Bird notes, v4397
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than before and Willets had increased to about 100. No Phalaropes or Sandpipers seen but Several Forster's Terns were near the roadway. They were larger than the Terns we saw on July 5, the black continued to the bill ex- closing the eye, the bill was reddish and the tail very deeply forked. 20 Willets at W. end of Bridge. At Mt. View we found Curlews still more abundant than on July 5 and about half of them were Hudsonian, half Long-tailed. Those near enough the road to be dis- tinguished must have numbered over 50. About 30 Willets were seen. July 9. We worked all the morning (garden, hall and bath-room). About noon I heard a Tanager. (no Button Vireo or Winter Wren). Kingfishers heard. In the late afternoon we drove out The West Cliff Drive at Santa Cruz. We found Heermann's Gulls at., a long line of Shorebirds off shore (300+), Brown Pelicans (20+), with the Cormorants on the rocks, a few W.W. Seeters &. We watched the Bullock's feeding young in the nests at the point. They brought small, slender fish like Sardines. We heard their calls and could see the scarlet lining of the mouth. July 10. Boulder Creek. I heard a great com- motion among the birds east of the house and saw a Hawk (Cooper's?) fly off. Yester.