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1939
Nov. 18 (contin.)
While I was watching, suddenly great flocks
began to rise farther out and fly about
excitedly because a Duck Hawk flew over -
18 Curlew arose from a single small area and
many others from different parts of the marsh -
There must have been a total of two thousand
birds. Noticed a Clapper Rail outside the fence and
many Savannah Sparrows.
At Boulder Creek: Madrone berries red, Cedar Way-
Wings, Robin (heard), Hermit Thrushes, Chickadees,
Hutton Vireo (singing softly), Winter Wren calling,
R-c (Kuglet). We started back to Berkeley about 4 p.m.
and as we crossed Saratoga Gap, about the
same time as last week, again a flock of
Robins was crossing the summit from the
Saratoga side (shaded) to the sunny side.
Nov. 19. Warm, Clear. A Townsend Warbler feeding
in oats near living-room window at noon.
Nov. 21. Warm, Clear. Heard a W.W. Wren, below house.
Quail very abundant and tame.
Killdeer on the Campus.
Nov. 23. About seven o'clock I heard the "kek-
kek-kek" of a Cooper Hawk near
my window. I got up and approached the
window but heard the whistle of its wings
before I could locate it. Perhaps he was
on the roof.