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Transcription
1941
(all three singing)
Tanager, Lutescent Warblers, 2 House Wrens,
Wren-ths, Titmouse (2 Thrush) in deciduous oaks);
Flicker, Saw White-bellied Swallows (Tree or Vg 3);
Swifts (Vaux Thrush); Heard Cassin's Warbling
Vireos, (No Thrasher). Clipping Sparrow, junco.
Many flowers in bloom - Indian Paint Brush (scarlet),
Wallflower, Fairy Lanterns, blue gilia (shape of tricolor)
Nemophila (pale lavender blue) - all in one place.
May 19. Berkeley. Hot. Near our car, parked near the
Campus, I noticed a Brown Towhee pecking
eagerly at something on the pavement. When
students passed he paid no attention unless
they came within five or six feet. Then he
would dart under the car and return as
soon as they passed. I noticed a round
brownish spot on the gray pavement where
he was pecking. So I frightened him away
and examined it. It proved to be gob
of Chewing gum which had been stepped
on and then glued to the pavement. The
Towhee had left a jagged fringe about
half way around the edge of the circle
which was about an inch in diameter.
May 20. Hot north wind - very dry. Each morning
the Rob. Thrush begins singing at earliest dawn
under my windows and continues for
half an hour. This morning he sang
frequently after the half hour of continuous
c song. (his type: Lwui, quoi, que guia guia.
Then: (que) guia, guia, guia, quiegle eagle egg
Lwui, quoi; (no)