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1942
the clothes line Terrace. Tetraceous & Viggo Were always
Cold when they are near the box of Serech Chicks. The
young owls scramble about in the box in the evening
and I heard the harsher type of notes of adults
often outside my windows. Hutton Vireo singing.
June 20. We drove down to Boulder Creek in the
afternoons. Garden quite dry - Weather has been warm.
June 21- Beautiful weather - warm enough to sit
in shade. As I drove in at sunset last night
a robin was singing near the junction of the
highway and Drivin Way. So this morning I
went up there to locate it. I found it in
the grounds of Tranquility whence it flew
to the Drivin Place. Mr. Frank Drivin came
out while I was at the entrance. He told
me that a pair had nested there for three
years. That accounts for the occasional
records in our trees. He also told me
that each winter there were from 14-45 Wood
Ducks on the river at their place. (I watched)
them eat acorns on the sandy beach. Also one
summer he watched a female on Boulder
Creek, hoping to find a nest but did not
succeed.
I watched two families of Creepers, in
one an adult and an immature crept
up the bark keeping close together. Every
four miles The adult reached back and fed the
youngster, very quickly.
Did not hear Ash-thr. Flycatchers. The other
four kinds were seen or heard. Tanagers still
singing. Returned to Berkeley in afternoon.