Bird notes, v4398
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1942 April 14. Heavy storm - cleaning in afternoon; Heard one song of a Grobeak in the middle of the morning. April 15. Clearer. Warner. At 10:30 a.m. > took a census of the birds in a walk from our house 29 species. To the Mann house in Haintion Canyon. (1) From our garden > could hear : 4 Purple Finches, 2 Song Sparrows, 2 Lutecent Warblers, 1 W. Flycatcher (reet over entrance to garage), 1 Wren-tle (song z.z.z.), a flock of Sistries, a pair of Vigon Vrens in lower meeting box (began singing there at 6:30 a.m., female giving equabbling note); flicker (distant), flock of Audubon warblers singing, 1 Spotted Towhee, 1 Robin. A Screech Owl in the flicker box. (2) From our house to lower end of Moasewood Rd. : 1 Purple Finch, 1 Song Sparrow, 1 Lutecent W., 1 W. Flycatcher, a second flock of Sistries, also of Aud. Warblers, 1 Cooper Hawk flew over (alarm note given by nesting Bush-tits), 3 Willow Goldf. flew over. Bush tits at nest in pine (one has its beak full of insects, both seem ordering nest, feeding young ?), 2 Linnets, 2 Br. Towhees. (3) On Panoramic Way : 8+ Purple Finches, 5- Song Sp., 2 Lut. W., 3 W. Flycatchers, 7+ Wren-Tles, 3 Sistries (flying over), 2 Vigon Vrens singing, 3 Flickers, 1 flock Aud. Warblers, 2 Spotted Towhees, 3 pn. Bush-Tits, 4 Linnets, 4 Br. Towhees, 1 Thrasher (singing in bottom of canyon), 5+ Cal. Jays, 2 El. Goldf. ( Redtail >) 1 House Vren, 2 Coast jays (distant), 1 [illegible] Thrush, 1 R-c Krieglet (no song), 1 Anna's, 3 Pil. Warblers (singing), 1 Drial (post flocky), 1 Western Scratcher above the hairpin turn at Mann house. Returned 11:30 a.m. At noon at The Women's Faculty Club a Black-headed > Grobeak in full song.