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32
1931
Mr. Albin Miller reported two Evening Grosbeaks on the Campus.
Oct. 16. Took the advanced class to Cordovices Park, en-
tering from Tausspains road in order to have the sun
behind us. Birds were very thick, many of them
evidently bathing in the tiny stream which
at this point runs under a dense tangle of creek
dogwood, blackberry vines and willows. A large-
flock of bush tits lingered there nearly half an-
hour, feeding and bathing. A fine view of the Hermit
Thrush on a bare twig immediately below us and of a
Fox Sparrow picking out the seeds from a head
of wild parsley-Many (Gambel?) Sparrows were
singing freely. Farther down where the water drops
from a cement channel into a pool six feet
below Townsend Warblers were bathing and an
Anna Hummer hovered above the water dropping
to the edge of the cement occasionally. Under a
willow tree we stopped to watch two Ruby-crowned
Kinglets which were apparently disputing
over territorial boundaries. One raised its crown
continually. Suddenly it seemed to hang upside
down which astonished me for I have never seen
one do that. We soon discovered it was caught in
a bunch of cobweb and could not extricate itself.
The branch was shaken vigorously which freed
the bird but it spent the rest of the time (15 min?)
picking off the cobwebs, one wing being found com-
pletely wet.