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1942.
Mar. 21 Tide out.
At Dunbarnton Bridge ducks near the main birds:
Golden-eyes - just group 8 males, 2 females. Mottled.
Bluewills - very ab. No Tared Grebes or Avocets.
Willetts ab. Gipits ab.; a few Cliff Swallows.
Under the bridge at tide line many Godwits
and in the deep water 50+ W. Grebes-
Between Berkeley and Dunbarnton counted
seven flocks of Buget-SD. Sparrows (singing).
At the west end of the bridge the tide
line in the main draw was too far
out to see what species beside Willets,
Bl. Plover and Sandpipers were present.
Mar. 22. Boulder Creek. There was a white frost
and ice on the bird post early. Then warm
sunshine - too warm to lie down in full
sun at noon. Baby blue-eyes, dappadils, cherry
and peach in bloom. Birds very scarce.
Chickadees, juncos, (1 Hermit Th. / Kinglet R.a.
1 Hutton Vires, 1 Black Phoebe, 1 Kingfisher
) Varied Thrush seen near cottage -
> A Warbling Vireo came in near noon
and remained half an hour, singing fre-
quently. Home via Los Gatos. Some pale
Ceanothus, In valley many poppies, buttercups,
cherry and primroses.
March 23 - Berkeley. Chilly. Three Varied Thrushes in
qarden.
March 24. Cold N.W. wind clear. Lady Birds walked up &
Botanist gardens. (Redtail, Dncil, 1 M. Dove, 3 Anna's. (Allen
(or Rufous), 1 pr. B. Phoebe (near dairy), Cal. v. Cst Jayo., 4 Titmouses, Buch-
Tito (gross. 241 flock), 4 Mock Tits, 4 V. Wrens, 1 Cal. Thr., Belted Kinglet - singing)
1 H. Vires, 6 Lut. W., 1 Towheeler, 2 Pal W., Cal. Sump. Fisck very ab. (ones)