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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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Goldfruchies singing - Saw Townsend Warbler.
Sept. 25. Foggy and chilly all day in Brattleburg. Drove in afternoon to Valleys and then into marshes by Sears Pt. Cut off- Found following birds:
Red-billed Grebes - many -
Eared Grebes - a few
White Pelicans (50 +/-)
Gt. Blue Herons (20-30)
Anhogy Green Herons (12+/-)
Pintail Ducks -(200-400)
Buddy Ducks (20-50)
Marsh Hawks (6 +/-)
Coots - (100 +/-)
Black-billed Plover - many
Killdeer - many
Sandpipers - flocks from 6 - 50 (malm or less)
Curlews - many
Western Vilet - very numerous
Yellow Legs - (100 +/-)
Gulls
Black Phoebe (1)
Barn Swallow (3)
Butcher Bird (1)
W. Meadow Lark
Brewer Blackbirds (not abundant)
Saramah Sparrows (many)
23 Song Sparrow (Sp.? )
Yellow throat heard.
Saramah Sparrows scratch for food in dry ground. Have pink legs.
Throats looked very white ; sides of heads with tufty bands. Note a high "trip". No phalaropes.