Bird and shooting notes, v4473
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-1895- 1.) 12/17/1894. Cal. Brown Towhee? in sawed off limb where sprouts had grown & supported nest. Outside row of R.D. Grinn- ings. & opposite plum tree or ivy hedge. No room left in 1894, so put it in 1895. 2.) 3/3 old nest: probably Cal. Towhee. in a clump of poison oak growing 15 ft. from road, on a bare bank, this side Lafayette on Fish Ranch Road. No leaves on these bushes yet. 3.) 3/3 Probably West. Red-tail. 20 ft. up near top of oak on hill 55 yds. from road outside of Moses Ranch gate. Constructed of sticks & twigs with dead leaves of white oak. Saw no birds around & threw clods into it. 4/12 empty. Shot revolver into it. 4.) 3/3 Cal. Bush Tit just finished 15 ft. up in oak near N. fenced pas- ture, a little East of ending of briar beginning on reclining oak. 4/14 same condition. 4/27 2 eggs; thought I Baltimore; ½ or would have let nest remain.