Field notes, v4394
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65 May 29 & 30 Rainy most of the time. May 31. Clearing. Drove to Boulder with Mr. Mrs. Thompson. June 1. Warmer. Garden flourishing. Thrushes in full song. A Hermit Thrush sang frequently in Big Basin yesterday, near the big tree named "Father of the Forest". June 2. Sunny at Boulder. Cloudy way home. June 3, 4. House cleaning. Thrasher, Virgin Worm singing again after weeks of silence. June 5. Took Cousin Effie to Boulder. Dewey: In memory of call of Greenbacks heard a pair of Eagles above La Noue. June 6. Hermit Thrush in the Big Basin in the same place. Olive-sided Flycatcher in Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco. June 7. Took Clarence and Mabel up Mt. Diablo. Quite hot. Birds noticed: Mourning Doves, Vultures, Duck, Red-Tailed + Sparrow Hawk, Thrasher, Lazuli Bunting, Green-backed Goldfinches, Chipping Sparrow, W. Bluebirds. At Diablo Country Club Flicker, Glider Villed, Nuttall and Calif. Woodpecker. Pussit-backed Thrush, Cassin & Warbling Vireo, Yellow Warbler. Blue mannaul seen on branch of a dead tree, spindler larger and fatter than a squirrel, rat-like tail. Mr. Black's birthday - June 12. Thrasher has been singing during long periods at intervals during past several days. Lutescent Warbler, Virgin Worm, Spotted Towhee, Titmouse also probably all nesting again, judging from activity. W. Flycatcher did not complete a nest either under the porch (perch gone) or in angle near wren box where scaffolding interfered. Lazuli Bunting was heard singing near house for first time this year.