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Apr. 1. Heard first Pileated Warblers in Sunny Gulch. Cold, Clear.
2. Warmer. Birds all singing. Purple Finches, Vesper Horn,
Titmouse, Thrasher, Song Sparrows, Hermit Thrush, Fox
Sparrow (whispers), Golden-crowned Sparrow, Lutescent Warbler,
Meadow Lark's. Cold at night.
3. Cold - rain in afternoon. Heard Warbling Vires for first
time this spring. Several Pileated Warblers heard. Tom-
sends Warblers singing
4. Rain - cold. Clear, cold in afternoon. Rain and hail
again at night.
5. Very cold morning - showers. Many Pileated Warblers heard
both here and in Sunny Gulch. Townsend Warblers feeding
and singing in the oaks near kitchen windows. New leaves
on oaks fully out. Hazel quite green.
6. Drove to S.F. then down Skyland Blvd. to San Mateo. Views
gorgeous - white clouds broken, blue sky, water very blue and
sparkling. Across the bay the Mt. Hamilton range was white
with snow - looked like the Sierras. No snow on Diablo or
Tamalpais.
7. Air still cold but sun warm away from breeze.
9. Thick white frost in morning, melting immediately when
sun reached it. Walked up Strawberry Canyon with bird class.
A late spring - Trillium still blooming. Only spring birds in
were Allen Hummer (not all,) Lutescent and Pileated Warbler and
1 Chipping Sparrow - Botanical Gardens.
Warbling Vires? More unusual birds found: Hutton Vireo (3)
and Willow Goldfinch. No House Wrens or W. Flycatchers yet.
18. Morning frost again. 1 Small group of Junct. Sparrows in creek bed.