Bird Notes, Part 1, v658
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(110) singing from the top of the tallest pine and in the old oak. Today they are inseparable.and carefree. (A nest in one of the hedges discovered a few days ago and not examined turned out to be the first Linnet's nest found here, although it is almost our most common bird. This is the SEVENTEENTH kind of bird whose nest has actually been found here. (Inside of my fence) Property lines) Nests actually found here this year to date: 1 Plain Titmouse 2 Bush Tit 3 Spotted Towhee 4 California " 5 Western Robin 6 Vigar's Wren 7 Junco 9 Quail 10 Thrasher 11 Song Sparrow 12 Linnet ( 3 [illegible]) Seen to gather nesting material: 1 Allen Hummingbird 2 Anna " 3 Wren Tit 4 Purple Finch May 1st. At 7:30 A.M. no signs of either Thrasher in the glade or atthe nest. They were soon found digging industriously in the berry-patch which was irrigated yesterday. Brown-eyes came promptly for food. Green-eyes remained on the edge of the patch digging phlegmatically--not interested in Brown-eyes' activ- ities at all and not even looking at me, aside from the first casual glance. GREEN Brown-eyes was given two or three worms and them some soft food. While eating the latter from my right hand, she noticed the open worm box in my left, climbed over the larger tin box containing the soft food and reached up for worms eating After taking three she selected four more and carried them over to Green-eyes 20 feet away and held them in front of him. He condescended to stop digging long enough to take the worms from