Bird notes, v4398
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1942 Sept. 24. (cont.) Santa Cruz - In weedy field - Warbler; Lutecent green above, yellow below; wing feathers dusky bordered with light (buff or white). Lutecent. A few Gambel Sparrows. Sept. 25. Heard no White crowned Sparrows on way home. Sept. 27. Heard a R. Nuttahatch in next garden (Parsons) Also a Golden-crowned Sparrow on Panoramic Way. Birds still very scarce. Days shorter. Cool. Sept. 30. Heard a R.C. Knight outside my window early. Lady Birds explored Campus from Oxford St. to Greek Theater. Birds were found only on lawns toward west and in woods at the Theater - almost nothing between. Not a single bird found in Southern gardens north of Library. West end: flocks of Nuttall and Figeleuus - majority Nuttalls - both singing. Br. Torhee, Ro a few linnets? Cali. Jays? Townsend Warbler, 1 Bush-tit, Blackbirds. Near Theater: Juncos, Robins, Flickers. Cali. Jays. Red. b. Nuttahatch. At the colorwater at S.W. end of Theater Hall I heard the call of a young sparrow (sp.?) Cold fog until 11 a.m. (Oct. 1. Heard W.W. Wren - chitter ---- At noon a large flock of bush-tits came to bath and with them a Townsend Warbler. Beautiful weather. Oct. 2. Went to Boulder Creek via Palo Alto. At Dimbarion Bridge: Pied-billed Grebe 1, Lared Gulls 100+, White Pelicans 400+,