Bird notes, v4397
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near a large Tree on the edge.) The lake several warblers, bright yellow below, greenish yellow on back and tail, some showed buffy edges in wing coverts. Yellow Warblers?, Note a sharp chip. Tule Wrens and a Vigor Wren were in the Tules and I heard the call note of a Yellowthroat. Several Gulls (Cally. or Ringbills) on the lake and one Black on right.) Grey In the marshes near Valli's were many Black-billed Plover, only one in full plumage; a number of Willets and a few groups of Western and Least Sandpipers. Before we reached the Terrain of the hunting clubs we saw two White-tailed Kites perched on fence posts at some distance from the road. Two of us walked up toward them, and as they flew the black areas on the forward bend of the wings were very startling. When they alighted on other fence posts they tilted their tails upward several times - (When we came back later they were still there.) Several Marsh Harriers were seen, two of them very grey underneath and almost black above as my Long-tailed Ducks flew over. When I reached the ponds we found: Brisfield Grebes, 6-8. (No Feltland); many W. Blue Heron; one Bittern (very near); many (1000+); Brittles (coljese plumage); Bluebill (1); Buddies (2.5±), Redbreasted Merganser (1 female); Turkey Buzzard (2), Coots (1000), Black-billed Plover, several flocks flying over); Killdeer; Willets 4st.; a few Sandpipers, (No redstarts, dowitchers or godwits); Arrelets