Bird notes, v4398
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Yb. Goldfinch. Stockton to Lockford; Mockingbird. Lockford to Zone; Yb. Waspie (3), Crow, Meadowlarks ab., W. Knightbirds ab., Stop 2: Lark Sparrow, Horned Lark (very ab.), B. Oriole (heard), Hearing Tow (Bigger Pries, Bluebells ab.) (B Heron), Br. Towhees, W. Bluebirds, Robin (heard). Stop 3. Consumnes River (Yellow Pries): (St. Goldfinch ab.), Wood Pewee, Nuttall Woodpecker (Linnely), Titmouse, Sluder-billed Nuttatch, Yellow Warbler, (Robin seen), Hutton Vireo, To Pleinville: Chipping Sparrow, Lazuli Bunting ab., Stop 4. Lunch place; (Yellow Pries, Doug-Firs, Cedars, White Firs, Sugar Pries, Wafle, Oaks etc.) :2 Creeper, Chickadee, Caveris Woodpecker. Echo Lake [Lodgepole Pries, W. White Prie (monticola), White-bark Prie (albicaulis) (a few), Red Fir, White fir (a few), Hemlock, Aspens, willows etc.] : W. Firs ab., Senna Woodpecker (cp?), Calliope Hummer (females seen), Rufous Hummer (males seen), (Wood Pewees very ab., nest seen. One on first dead limb of large Cooper - A female Purple Finch alighted on the end of the branch. Almost immediately the Wood P. attacked the finch and drove her away). (Chive-sided Pygcatcher (one above the Leavens' camp; one across the lake); Blue- fronted Jay (not too ab.); Clark Nutcracker (many seen. Other birds objected when one came near to nest) Carson Purple Finch (not seen, both striated plumage - females apparently) White-crowned Sparrow (very ab. Came to Leavens' porch for corn bread when we were 3ft. from it. One pair feeding young, one pair with nest just completed, one egg July 15) (Chipping Sparrow), Eriea juncea very ab., Yosemite Fox Sparrows ab.; Green-Tailed Towhee ab., W. Tanager ab., (Violet-green?) Swallow (birds seen at public camp at upper end of upper Echo. Very cloudy, flying high. Miss Glassing thinks they are Tree Swallows. She saw them at a nest on one of the islands near the upper end of lake) W. Vires ab.: Calaveras Warbler (song sharp, accepted. (continu page)