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down in the bottom of both
caƱons for a short time.
There call note (think it must
be) of "purt", "purt" may be heard
a long distance.
Two nests of Steller's (?) Jay have
been found. Both were in small
young Redwood trees eight or ten
set up and were large structures composed of sticks and roots
stuck together with a great
quantity of mud and wet
material. The eggs are similar
to some types of the California
Jay. The nests of Steller's
Jays seems to be always found
in close proximity to mud.
May 17- Some eagles that had been
see previously were seen again
flying about a nest in a Redwood
tree and alighting on it. Both
birds were seen carrying
large sticks. One bird was
seen carrying a stick about
eighteen inches long in its bill.