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Brehle
1934
1/2mi S. Byron Hot Springs, Contra Costa co. Calif.
145
July 31
were blown over to one side and
as he leaped the wind seemed to
blow them slightly off course. A
strike was resting on the lee-
ward side of a huge pile of
baling wire and facing toward
the wind it flew several yards
away coming down to rest
in a shallow dried up canal
still facing the wind. Upon still
closer approach it flew further.
Finally I spied three larks
in flight across the road in a
broad open expanse. These I
approached. When within 50 yards
they took alarm and rose up.
One I managed to pick up in
the field of the glass and he
soon landed about 40 yards
away and stood facing the
wind but with head up and
alert [illegible]. I thought I heard
a chub and he was joined by a
second bird. There came then a
third one and they lined up
three abreast facing the wind.
Within a few seconds two of the three
flew. The remaining one remained