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June 26. Heard Tanagers once, Cool.
June 27. Berkeley via Skyline Blvd. to San Francisco. Cool.
June 28. Warmer. Moths diminishing.
June 30. I had the bees sprayed as we feared they might not weather a second generation of worms. Foggy night and morning.
Watches a titmouse eating moths.
July 1. Went to Boulder Creek to meet Whitmans - Jannie taken sick.
Very warm.
July 5. James returned to Berkeley with Whitmans - Jannie Sick.
July 8. James brought Mrs. Ferguson to Boulder.
July 9. James returned to Berkeley by stage leaving car with me.
Jannie very sick.
July 10-15. Cooler. Spotted Towhees brought young & feed on bread crumbs. Brown Towhees carried food to young across R.R. Song Sparrows also came for food. Seldom hear an alarm note of any kind. Family of ten quail, 49 half grown.
July 14 Drove to Berkeley, got James and returned 1 p.m. & 9:15p.
Warm - Rock N Brewer blackbirds seen
July 21. Drove to Berkeley, James stayed with Jannie.
July 22. Returned to Boulder Creek.
July 23. Down with Jannie's influenza germ.
July 26. Jannie developed abscess in ear. Helen and Alice came. Rock of twenty quail - two families?
July 27. James returned to Berkeley. Helen drove Jannie & me to Santa Cruz each day to doctor July 28-30. Thrushes stopped singing.
Aug 1. James hurt back. Returned to Berkeley for treatments
Aug 3-7. Saw Shrike in field near Ellis place.
Found dead W. Hutcher on E porch in Berkeley.
Aug 7-9 Boulder Creek. Young Brown Towhees come with parents for crumbs. A few Yellow Warblers, Celestial Warblers. Families of Goldfinches.
Gray Catbirds, Bluebird's princes. Tanagers. Purple Finches Creepers.
Flocks of Irish tits, Chickadees, Linnets.