Bird notes, v4397
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Oct.10. The Thrasher sang at 6;30 just outside my window. At 8 a.m., a Ruby-crowned Kitelet was calling and a little later a Fox Sparrow was singing, Many C. S. Whitecrows and G-C. Sp. singing in the distance. Oct. 11. Saw 11 Wood Ducks on S.P. Reservoir. Oct. 12. Heard G-c Kitelets 'Summer day- Oct. 13. Birds very abundant - Hermit Thrushes calling repeatedly. Lois brought in one yes- terday which had been killed by flying into the window. Fox Sparrows, juncos, Corned Sparrows, And. Warblers, R-c Kitelets. (Heard with Coast Jay and Calif. Jay singing both voice) Oct. 14. Cloudy, Threatening. I went with Mrs. Hault and her sister to San Pablo Reservoir to see the Wood Ducks. In the end we found three but the color did not show under such a cloudy sky. We found a gate un- locked and walked down nearer the, edge of the water but they were very wild and flew through a group of pintails remarked. Just east of the end of the reservoir we found a large aggregation of birds on both sides of the road :. Quail, Flickers, Calif. Woodpeckers, Sluder-billed Willet, two Titicucos, House Wren, And. Warblers, Sparrows from Farther C. Goldfinches, Linnets, Puget-S. Whitecrows, During the morning we saw four Cooper Hawks, two Marsh Harls, a Redtail + a Sparrow Hawk. There were many coots and pintails and some boldpalo, and several Least Pied bill Grebes-