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Grinnell - 1965
Yosemite, Calif.
June 24
The Holmie wabblers eggs seem nearly ready to hatch.
All four of the wandering vireo's eggs have hatched.
One of the eggs of the spurred towhee near the stump has hatched, either yesterday or this morning.
The young chipping sparrows are out of the nest,
and we found one of them
dead on the ground beneath.
They cannot fly yet, and I
think were forced to leave
the nest when still too young
as it had listed badly under
their weight.
Saw three young juncos
with their parents. They flew
readily up into the trees
when disturbed.
Watched a junco nest-
building on the beam under
the roof of the porch at cottage
No. 6 this morning. This beam
was about twelve feet above the
ground and the space between