Field notes, v4392
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1927 June 2. Turned in Chevrolet Touring Car and bought Sedan. June 3. Drove to Boulder Creek in afternoon. 11 Bushtits came to pool together- June 4, 5. Spent at Johnson Cottage. Cassie Varios feeding young out of nest. Olive-sided Flycatchers - a pair - in Redwoods on our lot - also Grosbeaks and Thrushes - Drove home Sunday afternoon (James). Titmouse June 6. Family of Bushtits and Sulincant Warblers still about - young being fed. House Worm getting discouraged? Brown Towhee evidently sitting-absquat! June 10 - Trouble with shoulder became acute. June 20. Operation to remove marble from my right shoulder. June 25. Came home from hospital. June 30 - Drove down to BoulderCreek and stayed till July 5 - Spent much time in steamer chair in sunshine. Thrushes in full song - Family of Olive-sided Flycatchers and one of Gros- breaks on our river bank. Birds very abundant. Tanagers heard nearly every day. Returned to Berkeley July 5. July 9. Walked down to Dr.'s office. Heard Tanager near Thorsen house on Bancroft way just above Putnamt. On way home heard it again in same place and watched it for twenty minutes - A female, spent most of the time in the maple trees or on the vines above the trees, occasionally darted out to catch an insect among the branches - Flur across the street into a small magnolia - Caled very often. Could not stand longer to watch got lost. The first time I have ever seen a Tanager in Berkeley in July.