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1941
ME Queens
Dunn Br. Coutin. Flocks of small Sandpipers (W. o'Leat),
Willets, many Br. Clover, most with black on breast;
1 Yellowlegs, 3 Ann. Egrets, a few Avocets.)
Aug. 14. Santa Cruz. At Guillemin Pt. we saw adults
carry food to four different holes. (Only a few
Cliff Swallows left (No Bank Swallows seen).
Tattlers and Turnstones — several in spite of
there being so many people about. 4 Western
Grebes — with Gulls on water! 10 Brown Pelicans
flew by Guillemin Pt.
At Boulder Creek birds are very silent. One
Junco perched on a stone didn't move for five
minutes. When I approached it flew a few
feet, then nested there. Two Brown Turtles minus
tails — male in beyond range
Aug. 15. Came back to Berkeley and stayed over night. Returned via Dumbarton (see above)
Aug. 14. I saw a Warbling Vireo feeding in the
Cascara near the east porch. Through my
binoculars I saw it take three black
berries, swallows each one as a thrush does.
On Aug. 13. I watched the young bird
near the river. It fed itself (in alders) but
bested for food when the parent came. Flew
easily but called continually — Mee-ee-ee.
Aug. 15, 16 (see above),
Aug. 17. Boulder. Hot p.m. Land breeze .
Aug. 18. Cool, Cloudy. Returned in p.m. to Berkeley;
Aug. 19. I was invited to lunch in Palo Alto as went via
Dumbarton Bridge. Birds were very abundant (high tide)
White Pelicans 150+, Ann. Egrets a few, Cormorants (Fair) 100+;
100 at N. Phalangpeso, Willets incr., Gulls a few, Br. Clover,
7 Black Turnstones
W. o'Leat Sandpipers, Pintails 100+, Calif. Gulls at: <