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1941 Inverness.
Sept. 24 (contu) List of birds seen at Sears Pt. Cut-off:
Red billed Grebe - the only grebe seen - 10+
White Pelican - 20+
lt. Blue Heron - 10
American Egret - 15+
Snowy Egret 1
Bittern - 1
Black or Night Heron/
Brittles - hundreds, many still in eclipse plumage
Ruddies 20-30 - all except one in last pool
Cormorants - one lone female.
Turkey Buzzards - several
Redtail - Several
Sparrow Hawks, ab.
Marsh Hawk 1
Coots ab.
Bt. Crows, Riledeer, Lg. trop Huds, Curlew, Willet, Lgb. Dowitcher
Last Sandpiper; didn't seem esp. at Napa Cr. Bridge
and near Vallejo.
Avocets 200+ in last pool
Shulls. Bonaparte's others.
Night hawks - one flew across the road very near
us. - a dark gray bird with broad head and
white chin
Brown Black birds ab. Meadowlarks.
Marsh Song Sparrows ab.
We lunchecl just inside the gate to the Hunting
Club, then drove on toward San Rafael to a road
Turning toward the Petaluma road which we
crossed at N. Novato. Turned left through Novato
then right on a road that crosses toward Pt. Reyes.
Saw: Morning Doves, Sp. Hawks, Crows, W. Bluebirds, V. Meadow-
Larks, Dark Sparrows, and as we neared Pt. P. Sta. Pequot Id. Sp.