Bird notes, v4398
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1941 Sept. 1. Berkeley. A Kingfisher was heard below the house (near Swimming Pool), and afterward flew over the house. Quite near 3 heard the soft whistled note of Tanagers. Warbler notes heard. Sept. 3. Vesper Wren - full song heard twice. A Red Squirrel was on the windows sill of the kitchen. Perhaps that was what the birds were mobbing yesterday: 4 B. Towhees 2 Calif. jays, Bush Tits, Titmouse - all scolding Sept. 6. Boulder Creek. A Tanager flew out from the small oak near the hammock and alighted a moment on the new mosaic. Heard a Pht. Thrush. Traveled up to River Glen - saw a group of 8 Band- tails Pigeons, Birds were very quiet - one large flock of 40. Goldfinches. The Brown Towhees that lost their tails have fairly long tails now, but the rest of the body feathers are ragged. Juncos were the chief visitors to the table. Berkeley Sept. 8. Acorns are falling from the oak trees and both Calif. and Coast jays are very active gathering them. A Coot Jay sang several times; Sotto voce Sept. 11. I saw two Yellow Warblers at the pool - in excellent plumage. The Tertials (greenish yellow) were edged with pale yellow. At dusk I heard the call - Se note of a W. Winter Wren (Storico in Wash & Oregon) Sept. 12. I heard the Winter Wren again about 6:45 a.m. At 7:30 a.m., I heard the call note of a Fox Sparrow. The air was quite nippy in the early morning - Sept. 14. Boulder Creek. J.T.A. heard a W. Winter Wren ringing before 7 a.m. Chickadees, Hutton Vireo, Pigmy Nuthatches, Calif. Woodpeckers, Kingfisher, Towhees, juncos