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1942
June 1. Mrs. Hackley reported the baby Anna Hummer
flew on May 30. Seen today being fed by
the mother. Whirrs its wings on a perch,
flies a short distance. A second.
Anna Hummer nest in quercus at back
door contains two eggs.
Families of titmice & juncos still
about. A robin sang after today.
June 2. Vigor Wrens have flown from the titmouse box
below the house (nest begun Apr. 15-)
June 7. Bush Tits are again going in and out of the
nest in the Willbur's pine tree. Walked up to
Mann House on Panoramic. A Lazuli Bunting
was singing above the window backs. Other birds
as before. Vigor Wren has been singing freely
recently near their box below the house. So I opened
the top to see if they had started another brood. No eggs.
(At 7:40 p.m. a baby bush tit was away dead
Beautiful weather leaves under curb across from our house. Many
Cassia flying to it.)
June 8. Sat down on the wall at the end of
Mosanwood Rd. and watched and listened for
fifteen minutes 10:05 - 2:0 a.m.. A Mourning
Dove flew in from the east, circled 3 & Mosanwood
and flew back up the canyon. A Wood Pewee
was perched on the dead cypress above our house to east.
Bush Tits were in our garden; no sign of the baby seen last
night. A family of Titmice. Several Wren tits singing. Vigor
Wrens singing. Thrasher had been singing all the morning -
one heard during 15 min. Busset b. Thrush, singing softly.
Hutton's Vireo singing in distance to east. Paleolated - two
singing and flying often from below to older tree or across the
road. Dusky Thrush singing. Calif. Purple Finch - family in pine.
House Fly flyin' over; Mt. Gold & Blue Jays flyin' over. Spot T. sp. Br. Tree,
Song Sp. singing. Night. 49. Screech Owl could be heard.