Field notes, v4394
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1932 41 Jan. 25. Rain at night. Jan. 26. Rain. Bird Lore group came to watch birds from window. Birds came continuously all the morning: snail, jay, junco, song sparrow, fox up, golden crow (brown thrasher), spotted towhee, titmouse, wren-tit. Saw also flicker, bushtits and willow woodpecker. Jan. 27. Heard slender-billed meadowlark every day between our house and mouth of canyon. Clear. Cold. Last wind feels as if it came off of snow. Jan. 28 Dr. Grumell reported song sparrow nest with one egg - nest begun Jan. 18. Jan. 29. Cloudy with a few drops of rain. Cold. Jan. 30. Warmer. Rain at night. Jan. 31. Rain - Feb. 1. Heavy rains last night followed by a hail storm which left grizzly white as if there had been snow and the garden here spotted with white dripts - Cold. At 9:30 a.m. it began to snow and by noon all the hills were white. Cars coming from Northbrae were covered with snow; street cars also. At home there were 1[illegible] inches of more of snow on the east and north porches and all the trees and shrubs were weighted down by it. Feb. 2. Cold. Snow melts during day except in gulches. Mrs. Zoph took moving pictures of birds on table. Feb. 3. Walked home thro campus from Center St. Entrance. Saw: 8-10 a.m. Cold. Snow on grizzly, Tamarack, Coast Range S., Mt. Humble Anna hummingbird - heard near football statue. Flickers - two investigated holes in Le Corte Oak - two in Faculty Oaks. Calif Jay - 1 near Denny Women's Hall. Coast Jay - heard above Stadium.