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At the five acres near Monterey Bluebirds
were heard, Harris Woodpecker. Saw Buzzard.
Along highway: Redtail, Sparrow Hawks,
Shrikes, Linnetts, Brewer Blackbirds, Meadow
Larks, Crows. Very hot at Carmel.
Sept. 24. A little cooler - cloudy at B.C.
Berkeley - " " " (Tanager & Sulcent)
warblers in garden.
Sept. 25. Cloudy with some rain. A
Bright. 2d. Sparrow sing at Talmel pais
Sept. 26. Clear, cool. The Allen Hummer Group
took their first fall trip to Vallejo. We went
first to the reservoir. When we stopped
we found on the electric wire a Lark,
Sparrow; their bird or three more in the aside
which was covered with seeds. Also a large
flock of Buget - Sand White cranes - all
singing. In this water there were hundreds
of Coots and Pintail Ducks, some Paddies
and Wallards. One Ann Egret, 2 Lt Blue Herons,
1 Grebe (Eared or Pied killed - very far away). A
Black Throble, one Sarennual Sparrow, two
Greater Yellowlegs and several Killdeer were
seen. A very few Least Sandpipers. We drove
back to Vallejo and across the Sean Pt. Cut-off
but the road was being repaired and no place
to stop as we could see little. Birds were
not abundant: a few White Pelicans, a few
Ann-Egrets, two or three Willets, one Crocet.
So we went on toward San Rafael. On a side
road we found a place to lunch under oak
Trees. While there we saw Flickers, a Harry