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Transcription
1941
James heard an Olive-sided Flycatcher on Panoramic Way-
family of Bush-tits were in the olive trees.
May 6. The "Happy Valley" group went to Saranap - first
To the garden of Mrs. Shattuck on Walnut Creek.
A Western Flycatcher and a Song Sparrow were
evidently nesting. Violet-green Swallows were
flying high above the creek. A pair of Warblers
came into the trees near the creek and at
Bullock's oriole was heard singing in the
orchard - a small number of birds for
such favorable territory. At Saranap
Station, a large colony of California Wood-
peckers were very conspicuous. At the east
end of the row of Valley Oaks a bird was
calling loudly - Krrr-kerr- krrr-kerr-khaw,
* khaw, khaw - the last three (or four) notes)
very open and loud. I caught one
glimpse of it - as large as a robin (next to
it), grayish above and white below.
I believe it was a Yellow-billed Cuckoo -
the second one I have seen in California.
(The first was seen at San Felipe (?) Lake at
the west end of Pacheco Pass.)
(Other birds: Bullock's Oriole, Br. Blackbird,
Robins (ab.), Linnets, Eng. Sparrows, Black-h. Grosbeak,
Yellow Warbler and Hender-billed Nuthatch
heard. At the Haberland Bee Ranch, House
Wrens (nesting in box), Bicolored Warbler, family
of Bush-tits, Mourning Doves, W. Flycatcher, Gr.
Goldfinches, Linnets, Sparrow Hawk - calling
and flying on a level with very rapid short flaps
of the wings. Robins seen here also.
No Lanyard Buntings seen or heard, but in the