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1933.
Feb. 6 Berkeley. Warmer at night and quite spring like during day. Worked in garden. Thrushes, Hutton Vires, Thrasher-
Song Sparrow, Worm tit and Wrens were singing - Some of the smaller birds come to the coconut shell to feed. I hung the shell from a string below the feeding table, filled it with seed and provided a perch, hoping the smaller birds would use it but the quail and Jay proved
not be able to do so. Did some planting in the garden.
Feb. 7 Cold again.
Feb. 9 A Varied Thrush was seen bathing in the pool.
Feb. 10. A cold east wind. Feb. 11. Rain, Feb. 12. Rain. Feb. 13. Clear. Warmer
Feb. 14. Planted shrubs at bottom of garden.
Feb. 15 "Lady Birds" went to Canada - Spent most of time watching four Merquasers. One with red bill, clear white throat, larger was a female American Merquaser; the other three, smaller, grayer brown crest were female Hooded, we decided.) At San Pablo Reservoir there were two large flocks of Canada Geese on the grassy slope next to the water - At Canada a flock of 30+ Blue Bills was quite wild and took to flight soon after we arrived.
Feb. 16. Rainy.
Feb. 17. Warmer. Clear. Organized Bird Love course at City Club.
Feb. 18 Went to Boulder Creek. Bought more Trugout Washington Thorn.
19. I hear frost on lower ground. Warm by 10 a.m. Hutton Vires, Wrens singing. Bought native rhododendrons at Santa Clara.
Feb. 20 Planted rhododendrons etc. Purple Finch singing.
Feb. 21, 23. Warmer. (Clean moved to L.A.)
Feb. 23. Showers.