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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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Apr. 23, California
Hooded Oriole 4; Brewer Blackbird 6,
Thrush 2; Song Sparrow 2;
Yellow Warbler 2; Bram Tanager 4;
Sparrows 2; Meadowlark 4.
Tonight 7:30,
saw a gofer running
at large, straight away, and fast--
as fast as a rat might have run,
crossing the width of the street
in a very short time, with rapid
foot treads. Short heavy body
noticeable. But he couldn't get up on
the curb and it overhauled him
when he about-faced with menacing
attitude in moral gofer fashion.
Finally he went up a driveway approach
to a barn. Now this gofer was
certainly travelling abroad at a
great rate. It was not a large
one, possibly a young of the year.
Saw bats around electric lights.