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Gullion
1949
Bombycilla cedrorum -1-
Aug 29 Willow Creek, 400 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. -
Several birds seen in the Brush Bottom habitat (see journal p 165) along the W side of
the Trinity River about 1 mile N of Willow
Creek. At least one of the birds was in
streaked juvenile plumage, and lacked any
indication of a crest. I did not see it being
fed by the adult plumaged birds, but
suspect that it might have been. These
birds were feeding in blackberries and coffee-
berry.
Aug 31 same locality - 1 immature, or rather juvenile plumaged
bird collected from a flock of about 20 birds.
I was able to look most of the flock over
closely with Binoculars and this seemed to
be the only juvenile plumaged bird in the
flock. Yesterday I thought I saw 3 juveniles
begging for food among some mistletoe in
a Black Oak along the river bank. I could
not be sure that they were being fed but
they were closely pursuing an adult and
making quite a lot of noise. Several
other birds same were feeding in the mistle-
to nearby. Today, the flock came en-
masse, perched in the top of a Bay tree
bordering on the blackberry patch, when I
shot they all flew over into the berry
Thicket. - When this bird was shinned I