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Lophortyx californicus. Fairly common. With young of various ages.
Bathartes aura. A few all along.
Hawk. [illegible] large hawks all along.
Certhiaxis sparveria. Several. One with mouse in talons.
Spectyto curricularis. One on barren hills just before
reaching Sur River.
Geococcyx californianus. One along roadside near
Ocean Home.
Bucolus mexicanus. One along Mill Creek after leaving Sur.
Junco hyemalis. Noted one in redwood region.
Colaptes cafer. Several. Saw one fly up from bare bank.
Woodpeckers. Probably Melanerpes formicivorus along Rio Sur.
Aphelocoma californica. 3 in Sur region.
Cyanocitta stellae.
Corvus brachyrynchus. Quite a number along the Sur
River. Just at dusk I saw numbers flying up the
Sur valley high in the air.
Oripilo fuscus. A few here and there.
September 7, 1911.
Arbolado to Point Sur Lighthouse, Calif.
This morning was beautiful, cold, and clear in the Sur
River Canyon. The stage started about 7 A.M. and arrived
at the light station about 10:15 A.M. Along the river and
in the redwoods I did not observe many birds — an occasional
Cerule aloyon and quite a number of woodpeckers flying.
Both Aphelocoma californica and Cyanocitta stellae were
seen and heard; the latter has a very distinctive call.
In the lower part of the canyon I saw several [illegible] on
Two Ardea herodias in river a couple or three miles from mouth.