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1941
May 13. Still raining (last night) or cloudy (all day)
The Faculty Section had their last trip. We went
to St. Mary's and the neighborhood, along
the highway as the road past the lake
was muddy. In about an hour and
a half we found thirty-eight kinds of
birds: the winter visitant (Townsend Warbler)
Summer visitants: Western and Ash-Throated
Flycatcher, House Wren, Warbling Vireo, Lark
[illegible] Yellow Warbler, Grosbeak, Lazuli
Bunting (at?), Swallows (np?), (no orioles)
Birds not generally seen in Berkeley:
Bleeker billed Willet, California Nuttall
Woodpecker. A Titmouse was giving
a call > have never heard before - a
rough chattery note before the explosive
whistle commonly given. Only one
Robin seen but several Juncoes heard
singing.
May 14. Clearing. The Lady Birds went to Arroyo
Mucho. Cool and beautiful with green hills
and abundance of water in the stream. We
found a number of Bhanisopeas beyond
the bridge at the bottom of the grade and
found a completed nest containing two eggs.
The eggs were very dark colored. The pair,
came constantly to the nest but the female
never settled to brood the eggs so far as
we could see. The nest was near the
middle of the lowest branches of an oak
where a sparse growth of mistletoe was
[illegible]. The nest rested on a cluster of