Bird notes, v4399
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1944 May 29 (contin.) At noon I saw a family of Bush tits and at 4 p.m. a flock (2 fam?) was bathing in the east pool. An adult Brown Towhee was scratching in the dead leaves while a full-grown youngster slept very close to be fed. A family of Lut. Warblers in oaks. (Leaves now large and beginning to drop from Trees. Saw a Downy Wldph. on bay tree outside kitchen.) May 30. Beautiful day. The W. Flycatchers seem to be nesting under the garage, (One is giving a call I have never heard before - a very loud, open, two syllabled call repeated two or sometimes three times.) Nearer me was another briefly gathering food which gave the usual swee-éet which I have always supposed was given only by the male. Every were there two males there or does the female give the swee-éet call? Thrush sings late each evening - May 31. Raining! The two brown towhees still together. June 1. In the cloud. A thrush sang con- tinuously just outside my window. A pair is to all appearances nesting there - Spotted Towhee sings there too. Perhaps raised the first brood across the street; now on this side. Birds singing 9 a.m. Song Sph., Sp. Towhee, W. Flycatcher, Lut. W.(in distance), Virginia Wren, Purple Finch, Rb. Thrush (2). Two B. Towhees still together. Saw family Later heard Titmouse giving Chirica-de call. Tolmie W. Wren-it. Bush tits (flock), a Sp. Towhee with peculiar Song, three syllabled, repeated three times. Loved. P.L.W.