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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