Bird notes, v4399
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june 9. Discovered a Bush Tit's nest in oak at our entrance. Nest in branch overhanging street about 15 ft from ground. Young calling, parents feed often, paying no attention to me. The call of grosbeaks when feeding young heard all day - "a p whee-oo" above us, across Morewood Rd. Chilly in late p.m. Tolmie Warbler singing. june 10. Cloudy all day. At dawn Grosbeak, Thrush - alike the same, as usual. Peculiar call of W.Fq.(3) at 7:45, of Sp.Tour 8:30 am. Tolmie W a constant singer. june 11 Clear after early morning fog. Bush-tits still feeding in nest at entrance. june 12. Bush-tits fled. Margot Quin saw a Brown Towhee with a baby Bush Tit in its beak. Brought it to me to see. Tail 3/4 in. It was still breathing when she picked it up after the Towhee dropped it, but dead when she showed it to me. june 13. Cloudy. Left at 10 a.m. for Boulder Creek to stay until june 22 (when new gas station comes in) Dumbarton Bridge. Avocets very excited. Young (3) 1/2 grown, much down, wing feathers in sheathers. Cormorants against island (dark) with salt foam - Many swallows. Nothing else seen - Clouds all the way. Saw a Green Heron, Water Ougel - june 14. Still Cloudy and chilly. Both. Sp.Towhee and Br.Towhee building nests. Sp.T. in rock rose where Br.T. raised its first brood. In the morning the Br.Towhees (jr.) were still carrying food to nest part of places. P.m. carrying grass toward north: Chickadee families. Heard Dyad, King Fisher, Calif.Wapt. W.Fly catcher, Olive sided Fly, Winter Wren Angel Chickadee Creeper, Rb.Th., Warbling, Hutton, Cassin V.