Field notes, v4394
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81 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-