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El Karstun
1954
Journal
Nov. 13 mild weather w/ no breezes, D.O.R., golden-
crowned sparrow and a varied thrush between
San Benito and Cone Taylor. Species encountered
mostly by Miller's identification of voice)
flycatch (land)
Fox sparrow
golden-
Coppery
Golden-crowned kinglet
Brown creeper
Hutton's vireo
Steller's jay
Robin, hairy woodpecker, pygmy
war-winter-tita
brush-tita
From Alena we drove up W side of Tomales
Bay to woods end near McClure's Park, then
diked down draw (stream running) to McClure's
Beach. On ridge overlooking Tomales Bay we
observed many hawks, a blue heron, and deer
on the grassy hillsides.
wood loukes
American rough-legged hawk & red-tailed
Great Blue Heron
At o'clock tide low, slow rollers but no
breeze, mild 3-5 afternoon.
Red phalaropes (winter plumage)
Heermann's gull, glaucous-winged, western and
Barroleta gulls. Forster tern, short-billed gulls
Brown pelicans, surf scoters, guillemots,
western gulls way offshore.
Oystercatcher (pair) on rocks off shore working
in muskels.
Return Berkeley 7 p.m. same route taken.