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1943.
Apr 14 Cloudy. Chilly p.m.. Quite a dawn chorus. Sp. Towhed (first)
Lit. Wartler, W. Flycatcher, Song Sp. : Virgin Wren.
During the day Common Sparrows (A.c. Pug.) and Fox Sp.
Worms eating the leaves, dropping ab. Grosbeak across campus.
Apr 15. Thrasher and House Wren singing east of home.
Rain: Large flock of swallows in Waldo's redwood. Purple F.
Roughly 300 on wire s. of stadium.
Apr 16. Went to Boulder Creek, Cloudy. Clearing later.
Alvarado Pools - not much water. Apr. 16 + Apr. 18.
Coast ab.: Yellowlegs (3), Shoveller a few, both dates.
Apr. 16 (only) Baldpates ab. 1 Burrowing Owl (on clod)
(Apr. 18 (only) 4 p.m. Avocets 4, Bluebills a few, Cin. Teal 3,
B.B. Plover a few, Willets a few, Dowitchers a few.
W. Sandpipers 50+. Bonaparte Gulls in air ab.
Riig t. or Calif. in air.)
Apr. 16. 1 Am. Egret, Cliff Swallows (gutting mud). Meadowlarks,
1 Burrowing Owl on post, Br. Black & White Warbler. Shrikes on
way to Allo, to Dumb. Bridge.
At Dumbarton Br. 300+ Cliff Swallows on wire,
Eared Grebes 250+, getting br. plumage, Blue Herons 3,
Bluebills a few, Bon. Bulbs ab. Willets. At west
end: Willets, Dowits, 5 Nud. Curlews.
At Boulder Creek: Very brown. Heard: Quail, Thrush.
H. Woody., W. Flycatcher, Coast Jay, Chick, Bush Tit,
W. Vires, Hutton Vireo, Black Thr. Gr. Warbler (1), Pll. W.
Grosbeak, Sp. & Br. Towhee, Allen Hummer.
Quite list at noon Apr 17.
Apr. 19. Berkeley. Cooler. Partly cloudy,
Worwood Rd., W. Flycatcher, Bush Tit, Wren, Virgin
Wren, House Wren, Robin >, W. Vires, Hutton V., Lit. W.,
Tolmie W., Pil. W., Purple Finch, Siskin, Br. & Sp. Tow,
J-C. Sp., Song Sp.
{ Same - W. Vires, The Pil. W.,
[illegible] , [illegible] }
Hamilton Canyon 10:45-11:15: James A. Picker, Cal. & Cat. J. Stuart,