Bird notes, v4399
Page 61
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley. | www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
1943 May 25. Anna's f. z., Bot. Gar., Allen H. yq. very ab. in canyon + B gardens. Calif. J. quiet, scr. (Steller Jay - no doubt present, thought > heard one). Bush. tits very ab., 1 flock (two families), several families, 1 pr., House Wren 1 q. Bewick Wren 4 q., Wrentit 6 q., RB. Thrush 8 q., W. Vires 4 q., Lit. W. 2 sq., several families heard; Toludie Warbler 2 q., Pil. W. 4 + q., Lazuli Bunting 5 q., Grosbeak 4 q., Linnet ab. in grasses, fd. yq.; Purple Finch 4 + q., Gt. Goldfinch 6 +, esp. in Bot. Gar., Willow Goldfinch 1 Bot. Gar., Junco 1 q., Br. Towhee 2 + above Svr. pool., Spotted Towhee 5 +, Chipping Sp. 1 pr. fam., Bot. Gar., Nuttall Sp. 1 q., Bot. Gar., Song Sp. 8 + q. 30 Species. (We did not return by the dairy road where there were three House Wrens located for nesting May 11 (1 nest in egg-poultry house abovdairy, 1 Calves' shed) May 26 Cool. Codornices Park. The same species as on May 18 except that we did not see the titmouse or Bewick Wren, both of which had families out of the nest on May 18; no Lazuli Bunting or Fox Sparrow. The Cliff Swallows have nests under the platform of the water tower in the middle of the reservoir. The female Grosbeak was sitting on the nest in the elder. Young Allen H. 25. At 9 a.m., the Rq. wrapped Swallows were flying near the Reiber Wall. May 27. Cool. I heard Hutton Vireos scolding as went & the window to investigate. There was a family of the Vireos, all in the big oak, looking down at a Galijay that was taking bread to feed its young.