Bird notes, v4397
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Sparrow Hawk (very dull color, no grey), Calif. Woodpecker, Wren. W. Virgin Wren, more Aus. Warblers. Brown and Spotted Towhees. (On the water Bandtails (100s) Baldpates, Ruddies(a few), 4 Lesser Scaup, Costs, Farellow Cormorants, 1t. Blue Heron, several Ann. Egrets, Eared Grebes (a few) 2lt. Yellowlers, Killdeer, Sandpipers. Clear N.W. wind, Cool. Dwail. G.C. Knight's Pipits 37 species Oct. 28. Santa Cruz. W. Cliff Drive. Birds very ab. Tide very low - as low as I have ever seen it there. (Low -0.1- about 4:28 p.m.) Brom Pelicans, Far. Cormorants, 1 Heermann Gulls, Western Grebes all very numerous - (in the sea-weed beach where we usually find Bandersnatch, they were esp. ab., 500+ and about 24 Black Turnstones (probably wok for they watch the seaweed as exactly it is difficult to see them). Very warm. Oct. 29. Boulder Creek. Heard Varied Thrushes, first time this winter. W-W Wren below cottage. Beautiful weather. Berkeley quite hot at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 1. Berkeley. Heard a Red-breasted Nuthatch in the pines above Monwood Rd. Nov. 7. Warm all the past week. Many Fox Sparrows come to the table and to the pool.