Bird notes, v4398
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May, 1941 Move work in the garden in the late afternoon - to the songs of : Olive-sided, Western Flycatchers, Wood Bewee, Chickadees, Puruit-backed - Monterey Hermit Thrushes, Warbling and Cassin Vireos, Pale-stalled Black-thr Gray Warblers, W. Tanager, Black-h. Grosbeak, Purple Finch, St. Boldfruds, Sistina, Spotted & Brown Towhee, Junco. One Spotted Towhee varies his song by substituting a loud, vibrant whistle for the "to" and adding a very soft "whee-ee-ee". On the Graham Hill Road we saw Mourning Doves BoulderCo May 17 (Sat.) Cloudy most of the day - Cooler. Wolves in the garden much of the time. Tanager singing in a.m. Both the Western, and Olive-sided Flycatchers called during the night. Hermit Thrush heard in distance. May 18. Clear, cooler breeze (N.W.) Breakfast on the porch at 7:30 a.m. Then watered the garden before starting home. Saw the female Black-thr Gray Warbler in the oats near the house and garage, chipping all the time, Then it flew into a high branch near the top of the redwood at the entrance where it disappeared and stopped chipping (nest there?) The male was singing at a distance - to the east On the way home we drove a mile along the Skyline Boulevard beyond (south) from Saratoga Gap - along the crest of the ridge. We could see the ocean on one side and the Valley on the other. At one Stop I heard the Wood Bewee, (Olive-sided) Flycatchers and Ash-throated Flycatcher (saw a pair), Mourning Doves (seen), Heard Thrasher, Grosbeak and