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1932.
Green backed Goldfinch
Prairie Siskin
Junco (sp.?) - many in redwoods.
Sambel Sparrow - a few flocks - song heard once - in open.
Golden-crowned Sparrows - small flock in redwoods 5
Pruity Song Sparrow - one with " " ""
Samuels Song Sparrow - in redwoods. 48 species -
Feb.12 Thrasher, Song Sparrows and Wrentit have been singing
for week or more - increasing each day. Full fog on
bay, clearing over hills. Sun quite warm in afternoon.
Feb.13. Cold with a little North wind. Dr. Grumell brought his
class up to watch birds. Eleven species seen - all the
usual ones.
Feb. 14. Clear but cold.
Feb. 15. " " " with wind from east. Lawns on
the campus are so dry on the surface that robins
have deserted them (see Feb. 3). Many Audubon Warblers
on the lower campus.
Feb. 16. Rain with wind during the night. Clear and cold
during the day. Acacias, almond, violets, primus praedicta in bloom
Feb. 19. Began City Club "Bird Lore", Beautiful day.
Feb. 20. Cloudy. Drove to Boulder Creek. Saw no robins south
of Berkeley. Very few birds in the mountains. At Boulder
Creek: Clear, heavy frost at night. Warm in middle of day.
Flocks of bluebirds and junco's. Vigor Wren, Varied Thrush,
Fox Sparrow. Up from an Audubon Warbler, Cal Jay -
Feb. 21. Warm day but heavy frost at night. Ground frozen.
Feb.22. Left Boulder Creek at 11:30 a.m. Lunch on summit above Los Altos -
Beverly Bluffs and I went on damp brushy hillside many Linnets
(singing), Carl W. Sp-Thrush, G-e Sp., Bluebirds, pipels. V. Horns. Villancos, Redtails, Wrentit
Calif Jay, Meadowlark.