Bird notes, v4397
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1940 Flicker Box which the Street Clubs have deserted. No Female House Wren seen but the male chirped inside the box as if she were inside. Tolinia Warbler not heard. May 25. Commencement Day. Warm, sunny. At 5 p.m. we started to Boulder Creek - At Drumbarlin Bridge the only birds seen were Swallows (100s), a few Caspian Terns and Avocets. A few Rails flying over the bridge. At Mt. View Marsh the tide was just beginning & ebb and enough mud exposed to attract waders but I saw only three Old Plums, all in immature plumage May 26. Boulder Creek. Clear, warm. Many birds singing. Lazy Bumble-beetled Thrush gathering nesting material - bark & moss from redwoods at Camp Joy. Black-throated Gray Warbler still singing but could not find the female. Two Warbling Vireos viciously attacked a Great Jay that dropped to the ground and caught a grasshopper. May 27. Cloudy all day. In the afternoons we went to Santa Cruz. No Gullillets seen. Brought and Feralone Dromadants and a few B. Belicae on the Rocks. Gulls: A Bonaparte's, a few with black heads; Hermanns - a few immature, Western. Ducks - a few Widgeon and Scoters; 7 Common Loons flying northward - two on bay near docks. J.T. heard song Hermit Thrush at end of my plunge - east. May 28. Cloudy all day - A male Warbling Vireo had his youngsters with him - Sang both vocs. Our feeding table: Junco with young; jay-Grass