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1941
voiceless "chip" and there must have been quite
a number. > could not identify them. I heard
robins once (madrone berries are beginning
to ripen). Clear and very beautiful. Cold at
night.
Oct.6. The Allen Hummers went to Sean Point.
Birds much the same as on Sept.24 but
fewer waders seen because the tide was
very high. List: Pied billed Grebes ab.; White
Pelicans 3; Far. Cormorants, a few; Lt. Blue (flock 3+,
Ann. Egret ab.) Bittern 1, Mallard 3 females,
Brant ab., Ruddy a few, Canvasback-1,
Turkey Buzzard (near Novato), Marsh Hawk 1,
Sparrow Hawk 1, Coots ab., Willets 40+, Least
Sandpipers 6+, Avocets 40+; Gulls(sp?);
Kingfisher 1, Flicker 4+, Crows a few, Marin
Chickadees a few, Bushtits 1 flock, Trule Wren
(several heard - only glimpses of the birds);
Nuttin Vireo 1, Aud. Warbler 2, Br. Blackbirds ab.
Meadowlarks 10+, Aug. Sparrow, Linnets,
Mt. Goldfinches, Brown Towhees, Puget Sd
Sparrows, Gambel Sparrows, 1 G.C. Sparrow (heard)
Song Sparrow.
We drove across to Novato and beyond for
lunch where we saw the Chickadee, Bushtit, Vireo
Flickers (several in one tree). Linnets and
Goldfinches were in flocks in the weedy
fields; Puget Sd. Sparrows esp. at Novato.
Gambel Sparrows were in the Tules near
Vallejo where one G.C. Sparrow was heard,
The large Song sp. in the marsh looked like a Ruddy.