Bird notes, v4399
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1944 June 3. Still cloudy. Anale at dam: Grosbeak, Thrush, Bewick Wren, Lutescent W., Tolmie W., first to sing. At 11 a.m. a Robin was singing in the rain. Total for yesterday and today 165 species. June 3. Suddenly clear. Same damn chorus. Tolmie Warbler under my window. At 9:45 a.m. I heard the unusual note of the W. Flycatcher- certainly very loud but undoubted flycatcher quality- four times the volume of the Sweet-it call. Brown- Towhee still feeding its one chick. Eight in oats. June 4. "Clear, warm." 11 "" Tolmie W. singing constantly. Pil. W. not heard nor juncos. Strange calls of W. Fly four times at long intervals; up to a moment only three - 3 p.m. Goldfinch, stopped. June 5. Summer clear. Third day. So many birds singing. Pil. W. and W. Vireo east of house. Lunt. W. (2) in full song again. Both Anna & Allen females seen. June 6. I-Day! A pair of Bushtits gathering good. All the birds still singing. A Flicker called at the top of the steps June 7. Clear, warm. Could hear House Wren singing at 55 Canyon Rd. below us. (Has been nesting at 49 "" "" above the light in a garden lantern. Spotted Towhee giving his peculiar song, heard several times through the day. At 7:45 p.m. a young Hairy Woodpecker was trailing an adult through the oaks below house. June 8. Songs decreasing. Thrush sang only a few phrases last night. Bewick Wren still continuous. Heard House Wren down the hill toward 55 Canyon Rd; A little l. wind. Lois reported White cr. Bp., feeding three young on the campus (Bancroft Way).