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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+