Field notes, v4394
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March 29. Heavy rain - warm. Heard call note of Pileated Warbler. G.C. Sparrows are moultling head feathers. March 28. Fox Sparrow sang calls voice. Purple Finch sings frequently. March 29. A number of warblers were feeding in the call trees - Audubon's, Lutescent, Pileolated and Tornceud (? Song heard). G.C. Sparrow singing. Gulls rose in a spiral over the hills then flew eastward. March 30. Drove to Boulder Creek. Heard Western Flycatcher distinctly in Ferudale, back of Oakland No swallows. Many Linnets and Green backed Goldfinches in orchards in Santa Clara Valley. Lutescent and Pileolated Warblers at Boulder Creek. No flower yet. March 31. Drove from Boulder Creek to Carmel and then over the new highway as far as Rainbow Bridge on the way to the Big Sur. At Moss Landing huge flocks of swallows were many Coots and some ducks - especially Buddies, a few Mallards - A few shore birds. Did not stop to identify. At the Rainbow Bridge a pair of White-throated Swifto were soaring above. A Sparrow Hawk hung poised in the air for a long time though the wind was blowing a gale. As it rose, after a drop it was blown backward by the wind but came to rest in the same place again. This happened several times while I was watching. The feet were dropped frequently, there was no beating of the wings only muscular movements of adjustment to the wind. On the return trips we took a road that went from Watsonville to Rob Roy and stopped for awhile near