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Banks
1961
Zonotrichia leucophrys
1.
Old Creek, Cayucos, 50 ft., San Luis Obispo Co., Calif.
Apr.23 Here, 5 of town, near cemetery, is a large trench filled
with brush, adjacent to a brushy pasture. A couple
pairs of White-crows here. The birds fly long distances
when flushed. The song is a buzzy - I -- \ . Took
2 breeding birds, 1B, 1F.
5 road mi. N Cayucos on Rt.1, ca. 200 ft., SLO Co., Calif.-
Along the brushy roadside, just N of Villa Creek Rd,
White-crows were heard. Flushed a bird which I
thought was a breeder, but it flew across road.
It joined a flock of White-crows + golden-crows,
and I took one of the flock. The one I got was not a
breeding bird, but an emaciated pygetensis 4. This
place in catalog is: 4 1/2 mi.W, 1 1/2 mi.N Cayucos, 200ft.
4 1/2 mi.W, 1 1/2 mi.N Cayucos, 150 ft., San Luis Obispo Co., Calif.
In coastal scrub along shore or cliffs here, there is
a good population of White-crows, although the
area is limited. Took several birds. #4 and 5
were both mated, and I thought #5's mate (see
catalog - this is not so) was singing - --
Bird 8 was mate of 9, the latter carrying a
moth in its bill. #10 also had food in its
bill. #12 was a singing bird. Flushed a ?
from a set of 3 eggs in this area, but could
find no other nest.
Apr.19-28 San Francisco, San Francisco Co., Calif. - Several birds
trapped at SF State Coll. campus by Mrs. Betty Little, given time
to sorting.