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Jan. 10 - 15: Occasional tule fogs. No rain.
Usually heavy frost in morning. Varied Thrushes heard
Jan. 18. Rain at last. Mr. Brock reported a
flock of 100+ Mt. Bluebirds about three miles east
of Drivington on Jan. 15. Berries still abundant.
Jan. 18 - 25. Rain most of the time; usually
heavy frosts at night.
Jan. 28. Dr. Vennice brought his class to watch
birds through the window - 66 in class, came in
three sections. Old Blue Jay had lost its right
tarsus; one quail was lame. Birds came contin'
uously from 8:15 a.m. to 12. Raining much of the time.
Jan. 29. Clear most of day with warm sunshine
in middle of the day. Snow on Mt. Diablo - Over twelve
feet in the Sierras.
Feb. 1. Blue Jay singing.
Feb. 4. Clear. Drove to Boulder Creek. Cold at night.
Snow on Mt. Hamilton Range.
Feb. 5. Very heavy frost in morning. Shaded ground
frozen about an inch below surface. By 10 a.m., it
was warm in the sunshine and we ate lunch
on the porch at the sunny end. A water-angel,
perched on a bowlder in the river below the college
was singing when we returned from a walk. So long
as I was out of sight it perched quietly but when
approached more nearly it began to bob in a nervous
manner and finally flew with a rattles call. River
flows over the dam all the way across and is thoroughly
washed out. Drove home after lunch. Birds: Hutton Vireo, Black
Goldens-eye Sp., Down-tut.
Phoebe, R-C Kinglet, Iodines, Purple Finch, Chickadees, Creepers, James's Sower Sp. - Angel-