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Banks
1954
Zonotrichia leucophrys 30
June 23 4 mis Westport, sea level, Gray Harbor Co. Wash.
in the high grass near the beach, singing the
common -- ( ) . 620 flushed silently,
without a chip or song. 621 sang -- ( ).
A bird I can hear from 626's perch sings:
-- ( )
June 24 Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC. -- As I was
driving thru town, heard a bird sing this
pattern: -- ( )
June 25 1 1/2 mi S Ladysmith, 200 ft, Vancouver Is., B.C.
62H was singing -- -- -- -- from
small alders in a field of tall grass. 623
sat silently one stump in this field, where
there was more broken, less grass. It had 2
spittlebug type insects in its mouth. 624 was
in a fir clump near 623, and may be its mate.
There was, however, another bird here in just
a minute.
4 mi. S Ladysmith, Vancouver Is., B.C.
62H was one of 2 birds sitting on a dead limb
in this cleared field. As I shot, 2 or 3 others flew,
probably a family. Have seen several fully
grown young in this vicinity. 626# was
or had been singing the standard local pattern,
-- -- -- from a dead tree.
Several.
The Ladysmith area has a lot of birds,
but there are few places one can shoot.
Today's journal describes onea. Many of the