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1940
July 13. Dumbarton Bridge;
N. Phalarope 1000±; Willets 12±
Avocets 15±; Forster's Terns - a few. pl.
W. Pelicans 15±; W. Sandpipers few in full,
Cliff Swallows ab.
Mt. View Marsh. Tide out to 2pm/20/Hudsonian Curlew
[illegible]
Hudsonian Curlew 6±. Willets a few. Killdeer 6.
July 14. Boulder Creek. No Tamarers heard. Calif Woodpecker
prominent - came out to electric pole. P.b.
Thrush still singing. Nest of Ro. Thrush in low
brush below bank, exposed, empty July 15, Found
by Miss Gladbring on June 11, contained 4 eggs.
Lois picked up full fledged Pine Siskin lying on its back
on the ground (not dead)
July 15. Mt. View Marsh. Tide right 11:30 a.m.-noon;
Birds not abundant - perhaps 200 in view
from the highway; 2 Caspian Terns actively
feeding; a few gulls resting 6±; 1 St. Blue Heron,
1 Turkey Buzzard (as the Buzzard flew over about 24
ft. & Hudsonian Curlew and 15 Willets rose).
Bb. Plover - two in full plumage; Lb. Curlew 20±;
Hudsonian Curlew 15±; Least Sandpipers 20±;
Willets 15±; Dovetleurs 2. (? far out) (Other
Curlews? too far out for close identification)
Dumbarton Bridge 1:30-1:50 p.m. Bb. Plover 2 in;
Snowy Plover 3 on dyke near Avocets (I have not seen
these before); Willets 100± on dyke; Sandpipers plentiful
30±, Western with streaked chests. Avocets 40,
some single orquard - females? Others bunched on spit 20±
6 close together in water - males? Forster's Terns on spit w. Avocets
also feeding. Many near W. Pelicans - most Caspian. N. Phal. [illegible]