Field notes, v4392
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1926 Later alighted on James' hand in the same way - Alt also from a walnut which had been cracked and hung from the tree on a string. Left Mrs. Kibbe with Miss Burnough, and drove on home, which we reached at 6:15 p.m. Partly foggy at Mt. Hermon. Clear and warm at Los Galos, cold and foggy from Alvarado to Berkeley - Aug.29. Cool - high fog and a little mist. Saw Tanagers in my garden - Heard Thrush - Spotted Towhee with left foot banded still comes to table. Three Song Sparrows at drinking fountain - Aug.30. Spotted Towhee with right foot banded seen on table. 25 bird that was killed was probably a young bird. Warm. Aug. 31 + Sept. 1 warm. Sept 2. Cooler. Mrs. Bogle reported five Black-throated Gray Warblers in Claremont Canyon. Sept 3,4. Foggy mornings - Many Tanagers, eating coffee berries - Saw six at one time. All in green plumage. Saw R-b. Thrushes - Goldfinches and Song Sparrows singing. Poison's cats (feral?) Sept. 6. A Black-headed Grosbeak near the house - Also Tanagers and Robins. More birds singing - Foggy - Sept. 7. Eng. Sparrows in large flock singing (?) in bushes near steps on Panoramic Way - Cool - foggy - Sept. 20. Intermediate Sparrows singing on hillside above us. A few Tanagers still about. Beautiful weather - Sept. 26. Put up singing. Several Rust-b. Thrushes at dawn. Beautiful day -