Bird notes, v4398
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all near the spot where we see the young each summer. Two pairs separated from the flocks. A few Blue bills. A few Am. Egrets at west end of bridge. Willets (a few). Water very rough so it was difficult to pick up birds at north side of roadway. Could not find grebes. Thousands of Gulls in farther ponds at north - Windy. Mar. 16. Berkeley. Lutescent Warblers chipping; no songs. Purple Finch singing. Mar. 18. Happy Valley. A flock of Piaget. Sd. Sp. and Golden-crowned Sparrows were feeding in a field of mustard. Many of the mustard plants had gone to seed but seeds were still green. I think the sparrows were feeding on these seeds. After they went into the brush higher on the hill some songs were heard - but now while they were feeding. W.V. seen or heard: Hermit Thrush. Crowned Sparrows, junco (flock), R-c Knight- S.V. Lutescent Warblers spaced for mating - singing- Cold wind, cloudy. Mar. 19, 20. Cold N.W. wind. Clear on Mar. 20. Mar. 21 Saw a Calif. Jay (Mar. 19), alight or electric wire, their drop & lower wire and fed in our garden. a jay perched there. Sixtins in oak trees - Mar. 22. Clear, warmer. At dawn - first Song Thrush. then Lutescent Warbler. Then Song Sparrow. Drove to Boulder Creek. At Alvarado Pools: Coots, a few Pintails (pss.) and Shovelers.(See Bb. Clover