Field notes: Catalogue, journal, and species accounts, v507
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Banks 1960 Journal 2.9miS, 3.7miE, Stewart's Point, Zaleral, Sonoma Co., Calif. Up at Send of strip, areas of grass have been grazed heavily by sheep, + form a lawn-like patches. Several deep gulches have worked up from the coast - these are filled with dense brush - willow, etc. There is no Baccharis or similar brush, as in Marin Co., e.g.. The day was overcast, with drizzle + mist much of the time. Sun shone briefly 3 or 4 times all day. Species seen in this locality: Western Bull dog shore, Allen Hummingbird, Paleolated Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Song Sparrow, Western Flycatcher, Osprey, California Trail, Whew-kit, Flicka, Stellar Jay, Western Bluebird, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Belted Kingfisher, Cedar Waxwing (flock in Eucalyptus) Hermits Thrush, Vaux Swift, Barn Swallow, Turkey Vulture, Raven, Brewer Blackbird, heard 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. This ranch belongs to people named Osborne, distant relatives of Jone Hogaden, invertebrate student here. Saw several elder Broadmiles & Stewart's Point, Sonoma Co., Calif. Went there to look for Osprey nests. No activity. Area was logged 5 years ago. Brushy redwood forest. Distance from BM 109 (Stewart's Point quad, 7-1/2"', 1944) to BM 140 (Plantation quad, 7-1/2"', 1943). Latter point is in area worked.