Bird notes, v4397
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April 19. Took a class to Saranap and Alamo. Overcast but warm. Light reflected from clouds made visibility very poor. List Redtails and Sapanow Hardies, Alamo (2yg), and Allen (possibly Rufous) Hummers, Calif. Woodpeckers, Nuttall Woodpeckers (giving a call different from the rattle - sharp peels, peels, peels, peels - lower pitched and slower than Willow), Willow Woodpecker, Cali Jay, Western Flycatcher, Ashthroated Flycatcher (heard), Tatouwse (ab.), Vagons Kren, House Wren, Robin, W. Bluebird, Warbling Vireo (gathering shredded bark for nest); Yellow Warbler (first seen or heard this season - at Saranap Station and Alamo Creek but none at Naberlands); Sutescent Warbler (No Pileated Warblers); Cliff Swallows - very busy gathering mud for nests; (Rivule at, much rivalry; Redwings (at Saranap Sta.); Brewer Blackbirds - at Naberlands there were two close flocks of over fifty each which circled near and through the trees where they usually nest. One pair came through above. Will one of the two groups take the nesting area? Are they the birds that were raised at this spot? Or is one group native here, the other not? (no Buffle F. Meadowlarks, Grouse (ab.), Linnets A (too ab.), Green backed Goldfinches in flocks but our pair was building in a small tree at Naberlands', Spotted Towhees (ab.), Brown Towhees, (Small streaked sparrow with lighties from tail acted