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Berkeley, 1933.
Lake Tahoe & Echo Lake.
July 1. A thrasher was seen near the curb above our place trying
to dig in the ground with its bill. Both legs were injured so
it could not brace itself. Half an hour later I took bread
[three]
and threw into it near the spot where the thrasher had been.
It came out from a thick tangle of blackberry vines and allelberries.
July 2. Went to Boulder, to stay over July 4. Warm.
July 3. Heard song of Black throated Gray warbler beyond Schenman.
Just after noon a Tanager sang several times and gave the pic-bird [call]
July 4. Walked along Alta Via - quite sure I saw a robin [Not].
July 5. Cooler. Returned to Berkeley.
July 6. Cooler.
July 10. Drove to Echo Lake, crossed to Upper Echo where we visited Miss Gladding - 7500 ft alt.
July 11. Walked to Tamaracks & Rainbow Lakes. Quite hot: Beautiful junipers, Jeffrey Pines, Bear
Red firs
aracis on lower levels; junipers, tamaracks, hemlocks and Mountain Pines higher (7800)
July 12. Drove to Lake Tahoe, Rubicon Beach, where we visited Mrs. Howard Fletcher: Jeffrey pines, silver
red fir, white fir (afew), tamaracks etc., much magnolia, white lilac, birch brush. Noticed white fir
on Phillips Grade. Birds at Echo Lake and [illegible]
July 13. Drove to Tahoe City about 12 m. and after lunch & call on Mrs. Hamilton whose place contains
Blazes.
Birds at Echo Lake and above and at Lake Tahoe: Sparrow hawk at Rubicon Beach,
Clarity Crow corn at Echo Paven.
Mt Quail, one heard at Echo, one at Rubicon; Blue-fronted Jay all levels, one heard singing at Echo Lake.
Olive-sided Flycatcher, Wood Peave; Wright's Flycatcher in magnolia at Rubicon; Flicker (ground
White headed Woodpecker at Rubicon Beach (Violet green swallow) nesting in pills at Rubicon;
Ruff Swallow at Tahoe City, Tree Swallow [Tree -breasted Wail
Ruby-crested Night -one at Rubicon
catch near Echo and at Rubicon; Sierra Creeper heard
at Mrs. Hamilton's, W. Tanager heard at Echo but very common at Tahoe, feeding young at Mrs H's.
Sucker Hermit Thrush Echo.
Western Robin (gen.) nest with yo. at Echo: Mt. Bluebird (general), nest in dead stub 18 ft up at TC.
Warbling Vireo in willows and aspens, more comm. at Tahoe: Audubon W. (gen); California Warbler ?;
Yellow Warbler - . . . at Tahoe Cliff Rubicon in pairs; [illegible] W. at Echo & Mrs. A's; Mt. Chickadee (gen)
green back at Goldfrich (Talbot City), Pine Siskin afew; Sierra Junco (gen); Long-tailed Juntling at Rubicon; Fox Sparrow
in magnolia all levels; Green-tailed Towhee ditto; Evening Grosbeaks at The Hut near Homerwood, eating gravel in wood