Field notes, v1382
Page 113
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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.