Bird notes, v4398
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1942 Chickadee, Creepers, Wren-Tit, Mt. Thrush, Robin, Purple Finch, Willow Goldfinch, Siskin, Mottall Song Sp., Song Sp. Dreil at San Geronimo. Cliff Sw. at Woodacre. On the mud Tomales Bay - Willets - very few. W. Gulls Aug.16. Boulder Creek. Dreil (several) broods com- tried - young almost full grown and half grown. Calif. Woodpeckers less conspicuous than Aug. 9 [illegible] flying back and forth; no flycatchers; Chickadee, brush tits, Pygmy Nuthatchers (first time this summer near Cottage); Mt. Thrush heard once; Hutton Vireo; Spotted Towhee - young feeding themselves and calling like adults, showing a tiny bit of yellowish brown on sides. Brown Towhees - a pair carrying food to nest. Junco feeding q.q. out quest - A chipmunk appeared near cottage. Aug.17. Many pops at night and past of this day Aug 21 Berkeley, Heard the whistle of a thrush. A strange call east of house, repeated over and over. From the road I could see a 8 h. Sh. Hawk Circling; a second bird came into view for a moment. I think the calls were the calls of a young bird and the pair were circling. I heard the "Check" of a grosbeak near the W.F.C. at 9:15 p.m. Aug.22. Whistle of a thrush again. A Song Sparrow sang several times. A Lutescent Warbler sang softly. From the attic at 10:45 a.m. I heard the Hawk calling again - "pree-ee-nt". I went beyond the end of Woodwood but could not get within view if it because of poison oak. A male b. Tanager was feeding on elder