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1941 (Pt. Reyes Light House.
Sept. 25 (continu), making many stops along the way
& look at Bay Phoebes, Tule Wrens, Crowned
Sparrows (most of them Pug. St. J.Think), Savannah
Sparrows, Willow Goldfinches.
The Tule Wrens were in a fenced in cow pasture where
there was a heavy growth of sedge grasses. The wrens
could be heard, scattered through the sedges, giving
their cheer, cheer - a little like the call of the W.W.Wren
but lower pitched and heavier. The only way we could
see them was for us to walk through the sedges toward
the spot where one was calling. When too closely pressed
he flew low over the sedges and then disappeared in
another clump. They were light cinnamon brown above,
with a white line over the eye, darker in middle of back
(forward), paler below; cross bar on the tail.
As I neared the point I saw a Cooper
Hawk fly into a bunch of Crowned Sparrows
next to the road. His tail was decidedly rounded,
feet very yellow; black and white bars across
the tail very decided. He did not get his bird.
There were no vireos anywhere near - only low
brusher - At the top of St. Reyes a Syp. Hawk was
perched on the electric wire, a Redtail was
perched on the top of a cliff and sails off over
the ocean and a Pigeon Hawk flew close
to the ocean cliff. Both the Black Phoebe and
Say Phoebe were on the rocks. In the small
cypress trees inside the entrance to the grounds
a group of Golden-crowned Kinglets were feeding
and several Yellow Warblers in immature
plumage were in the cypresses. One lone Band-
tailed Pigeon was on one of the highest rocks -