Bird notes, v4398
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1941 over that were feeding among the weeds beside the road and most of those were either Greenbacks or Willows - about 30-50. A few Siski yous were seen. A flock of Ternlets kept more to their- selves. What interested me most was the fact that in the volume of sound I could not detect the characteristic notes of any one of the three species. They all seemed to be using the notes common to all three species. I don't know how many thousand birds there were. The Greenbacks were brightest; the Willows showed conspicuous white edgings on the black Tertials. At Santa Cruz in the afternoon (no fog) we found 40-50 Riledeers on the mud near the mouth of the San Lorenzo river. Also a few Least Sandpipers on the edge of the water, two Yellow- legs wading, many Ring-billed Gulls, 2 Western Terns and many Mallard Ducks. People, were feeding the ducks. Many Coots too. Also. Along the West Cliff Drive. Western and Neewawa Gulls (some with whitish heads) were on the rocks, Common Loons fishing, W.W. Beaters wading in the sand and diving through the breakers, Bandring running before the incoming waves, Black Turnstones in the dried kelp and on the rocks (more at: than earlier) Note 9. Boulder Creek - sunny, warm except for high for early in morning. Many Cedar Waxwings came in flying high in very scattered forma- tion. No close flocks seen. Then they dropped to the top of a hill Redwood. I did not see any feeding on madrone berries but I was too busy to watch. Cong.