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1940
Wb. Goldfinches. No Paleated Warblers yet.
House Wren singing near 29 Moswood Rd.
Mar. 20. Warm spring day. Heard a Western Flycatcher
East of the house. Luscaet Warbler came to
bathe in east pool in afternoon. Hermit
Thrush and Junco in a flock. House Wren
singing in same territory as yesterday.
Mar. 21. In the pool near Alvarado there were
36 Yellowlegs. They seemed to me to be
Greater Yellowlegs. Have never seen so
many together before. There were a
few Dovitches and Red-Backed Sandpipers.
At Santa Cruz on the West Cliff Drive
I found no swallows or Gullmints yet.
On the ocean there was a raft of more
than 150 Brown Pelicans. They were seen
first flying in close formation, then
alighted with great splashing of water.
Near them were many Cormorants.
On the rocky shores there were many
Sandpipers and Black Turnstones.
Other birds seen were W. and Sand Grebes,
White-winged and Gull-billed Terns, Gulls. One diving
bird with large white wing patches seen
at a distance may have been a Gullmint.
W.W. Wren singing near Tall House - Big Trees.
Mar. 22. Boulder Creek. Beautiful warm day.
We explored the river banks where great
quantities of sand have been deposited and
much drift wood. One large tree was
two ft. in diameter (redwood) - in three pieces