Bird notes, v4398
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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.