Farallon Islands and Surrounding SF Bay Area, v4278
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457 SIERRAS, 1901. THURSDAY JUNE 6th, 1901. Went to Fyffe by stage with Jen, reaching there at 7 a. m. We went up the old wood-road with Taylor to the site of the old saw-mill. Bird life quite plentiful. Saw a Mountain Chickadee fly into a stub, the hole about 8 feet from the ground. Taylor opened the hold and 8 young chickadess flew out one by one. Found a Chipping Sparrow's nest with young, which flew. Shot a Yellow Warbler and also a female White-headed Woodpecker. Found a Hermit Warbler feeding a flying young bird in a pine. I collected the female bird. The young bird examined was of an entirely gray color with two white bands showing on the wings. In the afternoon we went over to the point. FRIDAY JUNE 7TH. We photographed the Junco's N/4 which Taylor found among the brakes near his cabin in May. We then went down the hill and found two Chipping Sparrow's nests, one in a small bush about three feet up,- the other in a black oak tree, which I collected. In the afternoon I went down the Crocker Road and found a Blue-fronted Jay's nest 30 feet up in the top of a yellow pine. It held four young, fully-feathered and very vociferous. SATURDAY JUNE 8TH. We went north this morning. Found a Black throated Gray Warbler's nest six feet up in a small cedar containing large young. Also a Cassin's Vireo nest 15 feet up on drooping limb of black oak. Shot a male and a young Sierra Creeper from a cedar and saw a band of Kinglets (Golden-crowned), from which we shot an adult and one young, showing them to breed at Fyffe.