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April 24 Grosbeaks heard constantly - Titmice have left box -
Quail came at 6:30 - fed at 7:30; 12-15 of them.
Very warm - Heard Mourning Dove repeatedly about 6 a.m.
Apr. 25 Warm. Cedar Waxwings on campus on College Ave.
After 29 Family of Bushtits in Walnut garden. Heared Clai-sides Flycatcher in dale.
Apr. 30 Went with ladies to Mr Blake's garden. Spent 9:30 to
11:30 looking at plants and birds. Lattes includes:
Meadowlark,
Sparrow Hawk, Redtailed Hawk, Quail, Calif. Jay, Allen
Hummer, Anna Hummer, Purple Finch, Linnnet, Eng. Sparrows
Green-b. Goldfinch, Pine Siskin, Song Sparrows, Lazuli
Brom Toukey, Spotted Tonkee.
Painting clutesant Warbler, Paleolates Warbler, Virginia Vren,
Bushtits, Wormtito, a few Swallows. At 11:30 Mrs. J-B-
served coffee and sandwiches and I showed specimens
made of cookie dough to which they had to match
nonceuse jingles describing the birds. Eng. Sp. were building
Apr. 31 under the tile on its roofs. A linnnet whose nest in a small Italian
in Cypress has been disturbed was building in a lantern containing
an electric light in the door way. Cool, cloudy-
May 1- Foggy, cool - 7-10 quail still come for seeds. Titmice warbler
not heard any more. Thrasher, robin, grosbeak singing.
May 2. Drove by San Pablo Dam to Lafayette and toward Maragua to
find a good birding spot for next Friday - Could find none
to equal the one where we have gone for years. Heard only
one Oriole, a few Grosbeaks and no Lazuli Bunting or Chat.