Bird notes, v4398
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1941 Mar. 11. Weather still beautiful. Faculty Section meet up Strawberry Canyon: From Stadnin Rin via Canyon Rd. to Paullay Farm then on To crossing over Strawberry Creek south of Botanical Gardens; Humming birds (2) Allen (or Rufous?) Flickers, Black Phoebe (1), Cali Jay at., Coast Jay at., Bulb Tuts (2 small flocks, many pairs), Virgin Wren (3) singing; House Wren singing; Thrasher (at swimming pool, singing); Robin (11), P.C. (tweelets ab. seed singing), Silecent Warblers (6+), Spaced for nesting; Piledated Warbler (1); Purple Finch / singing; Spotted Towhee ab., Brown Towhee 1 pr., Junco ab., Song Sj. ab., Titmouse ab. singing, Vireo ab. singing. Puget Sd. Sj., Lunt, Anna Hummer (explosive whistle) heard near Stadnin. Siskins heard (flock) Mar. 14. At Alvarado Pools: Coots ab., Ducks very few - Pintails, Shovelers, Willets, Sandpipers, Bbr. Flower numerous - Yellowlegs beyond the fence - 12-15. Bogger Creek. Mar. 15. The only summer bird heard was me - call of a Western Flycatcher, Hutton Vires and Junco singing - Flocks of Chickadees - 30+ Bandtails Cloudy except 12-2 p.m. alighted in trees near road above Savage Mt. View March 4/20-30. Tide still too high but thousands of birds flying in the distance. One flock of 80 Curlew came in - All the Curlew saw near by were Long-tailed, Willets & Flower near by (8 feet); many Least Sandpipers perched high in the Salicornia waiting for the tide to withdraw. High tide at Ft. Pt. 12:34-5:7, 13 White Pelicans, Dumbarton Bridge. No swallows. Avocets 150+