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April 18. Still warm. Heard P.C. Knight sing. Titmouse's nest has 6 eggs.
April 19 - Went with bird class to Lafayette. Wonderful spring day.
Made several stops: one on Tunnel road where we found:
Song sp., wrentits, paleolated warblers, jays (Col-8 Coast), Calif. Purple Finch,
Spotted Towhees, Lutescent Warblers.
Beyond the tunnel, at the end
of the Fish ranch road, we added The House Wren and W. Flycatcher. At
the bridge at the bottom, we found the Grosbeaks - first time this year,
Titmouse Warbler in full song; House wrens, titmice, Black phoeas, busk-tits,
Meadow larks, linnets, green backed goldfinches (building nest in live oak),
bush-tito (building nest in clump of mistletoe in oak), Warbling Vireos (gathering
W. Flycatcher's nest.
resting material).
But out to Lafayette where we went to a
summer home belonging to a Mr. Gray - three acres, wooded
and quiet. While there we saw DeMarah Hawk? (very light) quail,
many Nuttall Woodpeckers - very noisy, one nest found - high up in
dead stub miss bridge), two Calif. Woodpeckers, Flickers, Allen
Hummer, Black Phoebe (near bridge gathering nesting material)
W. Flycatcher, Coast and Calif. Jay - Brewer Blackbird, W. Meadowlark,
Calif. Linnet, Willow Goldfinches (large flocks), Long Sparrows, one
White-crowned Sparrow, Spotted Towhees, Brown Towhees, Black-
Headed Grosbeats, (Bank) Swallows (4 lighted on wire above bridge)
Warbling Vireos, Cassin Vireo (are in garden west to Mr. Gray)
Lut. Warblers, Yellow, Paleolated, Audubon (1) warblers, many
Vigors Wrens, Titmouse, Bush-tito (building nest in mistletoe in oak)