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Banks
1961
Journal
3
Apr.23 Old Creek, Cayucos, San Luis Obispo Co., Calif.
itself, I should say the shore, is inaccessible. Heard
birds occasionally along this road (Rt. 1) but
no place where I could shoot. Here at the S end of
Cayucos, in a "trench" left on E side of road led,
near cemetery there is considerable brush and
nearly a piece of bushy pasture. Birds seen
here: Redwing, Amer. Goldfinch, Calif. Wail, Linnet,
Spotted Towhee, White-Crowned Sparrows, W.Weedseal,
Morning Dove, Brewer Blackbird, Brown Towhee, Cliff
Swallow, Killees, Anna Hummingbird, and Sparrow
Hawk. Took 2 white-crowns here.
5 mi. (by rd.) N Cayucos, San Luis Obispo Co., Calif.
White- and Golden-crowned Sparrows along road
here; migrants apparently mixed with a pair of
breeding White-crowns. Took one bird (922 - locality
catalog taken from map) which was not breeding.
4 & mi N, 1/2mi N Cayucos, San Luis Obispo Co., 150ft., Calif.
Spent 2 hours here, collecting White-crowns. This area
is a narrow strip of coastal scrub, rather dense,
about thigh high. Other than White-crowns, saw:
Sawana Sparrow, & Goldenege, Linnet, Allen Hummer,
Amer.Scate, Redwing, Crowet, Amer.Goldfinch, and
Western Gabe.
Santa Barbara Co., Calif.
Nothing but disappoint-
moment at this end of the trip. The military has the
coast tied up from Pt. Sal, to Pt. Concepcion, with
rocket & coastal missile bases, etc. One cannot