Bird notes, v4399
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1943. May 20. At 11:15 a.m I went down to watch the Rph.-wq. Swallows. The holes in the wall were in the shade and no swallows came during the 15 min. I watched. Then two flew in from the east, over the wall of the stadium and disappeared. Watched ten minutes but did not see them again. Then I Crossed by the Runway to the dairy road and saw two flying toward the stadium. I went to the poultry farm and returned by Campion Rd. but did not see them again. Perhaps they comes to the holes only after the wall is warmed by the afternoon sun. Saw a Sh.Sh. Hawk. I found three Lazuli Buntings singing: one above the dairy where I saw him May 11, one above the swimming pool perched in the tallest twig of Australian tea plant, one opp. poultry farm on decked tip of a conifer—all singing freely— A Tolea W. was perched in the elderberry inside the sw. pool fence, singing. A pair of quail nearby, male giving guard call. One peculiar song at upper end of sw. pool I could not identify. Cali Jays feeding yq. at No.1. Campion's. In the afternoon I sat on the porch and, heard besides the usual birds a Hairy Woodpecker west of house (yesterday also), Sh. Goldfinch + Willow Goldfinch flying over. Families - Bushtits (yq feeding themselves); Lutescent Warblers (being fed by parents) but May 21. Beautiful warm day. While I worked in the garden a Tanager flew to the water spout under the eaves and almost immediately a female tanager at the same spot, probably after spider? Did not follow the male to the lower box. Must have a nest nearby.