Field notes, v4394
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1932 43 On Arlington Ave in late afternoon I noticed robins flying in from N.W. - all headed toward hills at about Rose St. Feb. 3 (cont) Miss Albro saw a Ring-necked Pheasant near Senior Women's Hall. Bought a food hopper for the bird table. Feb. 3. Filled it with seed and put it out in the afternoon. Birds were all afraid to come to the table at all. Feb. 4. Covered table with chirls feed and filled the brown dish with pot and the little green one with sunflower seed. Fastened the green dish to the hopper. Birds came to the end of the table farthest from the hopper and ate gradually toward the hopper. finness and jay alights in branch above hopper - jay very suspicious and curious but didn't dare come to the table. Titmouse came without fear, took sunflower seed, and flew. Was away during middle of day. In late afternoon a song sparrow took seed from the hopper. At 5:30 p.m. James and I drove to Greenwood Terrace to try to locate the robin roost. I felt sure existed somewhere in that neighborhood. It was very cold with an East wind blowing down the canyons. Found robins all going across the Gregory place and beyond so walked up Rose St. There below the quarry were thousands of robins going to roost in the bay trees and oaks. A man who lived there told me, there seemed to millions of them that come in every night. We walked up the next road and robins were up at the head of the canyon across from the power house. They flew out of the trees as we passed - hundreds and hundreds of them.