Bird notes, v4398
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1941. He was very small, bobtailed; couldn't have been out of the nest long. Another one was calling the other side of the river. The next morning he was calling constantly (June 16). At Dumbarton Bridge on the way home (June 16) I counted 15 Anocets, 18st. Forlin Terms, 1 Phalarope, 4 Ducks (Pintails?), 1 Caspian Term, 5 White Pelicans. A line of large white birds beyond the R.R. bridge looked like Beli- craft Swallows at Cano 20±. No quills. Bulls in a field near Arden. June 17. The Happy Valley group spent the morning on the Musser ranch. Above the house we found a pair of Ash-throated Flycatchers, Nuttall and Downy Woodpeckers; Yeggs Wren and House Titmouse; Slender-billed Nuttall- Wren (heard), Black Phoebes, Dippers, Meadow Larks, Sparrow Hawks (hovering), Gld. Goldfinches, Caly. Jays, Spotted Towhee, a Bluebird (female), and a Great Horned Owl. The owl flew into an oak tree on the hill- side and perched there in plain view. In front of the house: an Anna Hummingbird, Turkey Buzzard, Brewed Blackbirds, Linnets; In a Mulberry Tree there more Caly. Jays than anything else. Blue Flicker and Spotted Towhee flew out of it. A pair of Brown Towhees were near the gate posts, A Wrentit sang near the farmer's cottage and a Western Flycatcher was near the stream beside the old roadway. We saw a King Snake with great patches of black and white all over it