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Bird Notes - 1929.
Jan.1. Primos Beach, San Luis Obispo to Santa Cruz on way home from Los Angeles. Saw a number of land birds near the Salinas River near Bradley - 2 Willow Woodpeckers working among fallen dead trees on the river banks, Plain Titmouse, Audubon Warblers, Black Phoebe, Linnets, Robins, 2 Anthony Green Herons and 1 duck (Sb.3)
- At Moss Landing birds were very abundant - White-winged Scoters (many), Western Grebe, several Eared Grebes and Pied-bills, 2 Brown Pelicans, 1 St. Blue Heron, 1 Yellow Legs, several Killdeer, 20-30 Marbled Godwits. Gulls ab.
Jan.2. At Boulder Creek - frosty - Spotted and Brown Towhees, Lark & Golden-crowned Sparrows, Stellar Jay, Junco's, Pine Siskins, Willow Goldfinch, Western Winter Wren, Men-tut, Ruby-cr. Knights, Chickadees, and Heath Creeper.
Many robins in orchard. (See former Note Book). Reached home 4 p.m.
Jan.4. [illegible] Quail came for food at 11 a.m. Cold.
Jan.5. . Rain at night.
Jan.13. Cold.
14. Song Sparrow and Thrasher singing. Cold,
15. Rain - Bluebirds on telephone wire in W. Berkeley.
16. Clearing - warmer.
18,19. Rain -
20. Clear, cold. Snow on Tamalpais, heavy frosts in Berkeley.