Year
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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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Transcription
Grinnell - 1915 Yosemite, Calif
The nest at the stump base
was visited and contents found
to be still intact. The parent
was seen and proved to be a
spurred towhee. At the first
towhee nest found both
parents remained in plain
view among the bushes and
scolded vigorously. At this
nest, however, only one parent
has been seen glimpsed and
it has slipped silently away.
A robin's nest was noted
this afternoon by the path
across the meadow, very
near to Sentinel Bridge. It
was about ten feet up in
a small sapling and the
head of a young bird could be
seen over the nest edge.
There is a blackbird's nest
in a blackberry bush in
this same meadow. The bush
stands in a deep pool of water,
so a near approach to the
nest is impossible. Today,
regardless of the scolding,