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W.J. Franais
1963
California Quail
June 12. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda County.
Checked both nests, both hens in -
cubrating. 1938 One ?ran from E-7 to D-9; and at 1940 another
? was feeding in E-7, then ? seen
with him. At 1944 this pair retreated
into cover in E-7, still feeding.
1950 Male from E-7 flew up into
E-9 roost. 1958 a bird flew from
C-10 into E-9 roost. Checked E-7
for nest - none found, no birds
flushed here or from E-9 roost.
June 13. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda County.
1940 No quail seen a heard outside
the Belairia lab. Both nests in the
pen with ? incubating, no other birds
seen a heard.
June 16. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda Co.
1925. Saw a ? in the road west of
Belairia lab, heard a quail call
in the vicinity of the gate, and
saw another ? walking along the
top of the quail pen. In the
pen a bird flew from A-1 as I
approached. 2 birds in the
center had gone into cover when
I entered the observation hut.
97.