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THE OOLOQIST 



California Observations 



February 8, 1921, Mr. D. Bernard 

 Bull and I went on a trip to the Uvas 

 near Morgan Hill, and we noted the 

 following birds: 



294a California Partridge 9 



331 Marsh Hawk 1 



337b Western Red-tail 3 



355 Prairie Falcon 1 



360a Desert Sparrow Hawk 4 



393c Harris Woodpecker 2 



407a California Woodpecker 10 



413 Red-shafted Flicker 6 



458a Western Black Phoebe 1 



481 California Jay 4 



488b Western Crow 2 



499 Bicolored Blackbird 3 



501b Western Meadowlark 16 



510b California Brewer's Blackbird 8 



529b California Goldfinch 100 



554 White-crowned Sparrow 15 



557 Golden-crowned Sparrow 1 



567a Oregon Junco 30 



588b Spurred Towhee 7 



591b California Towhee 4 



622b California Shrike. 



656 Audubon's V/arbler 6 



733 Plain Titmou-.e 2 



741a California Chickadee 3 



763 Varied Thrush 1 



761a Western Robin 36 



767 Vv^estern Bluebird 6 



This is the first pair of Crows 1 have 

 siM'n in tv-'entv-f even years residence 

 in San Jo.e. W. A. Strong. 



San Jose, Cal. 



Michigan Observations 



Having just returned from a short 

 visit to Grand Traverse County, Mich., 

 December 22, to January 3, 1921 I 

 thought that possibly some of the 

 readers of THE OOLOGIST would be 

 interested in the birds I found in that 

 region at this time of the year. 



My headquarters were Traverse 

 City. The city is located on the shore 



of beautiful West Grand Traverse 

 Bay. Besides the bay it has Board- 

 man lake which divides part of the 

 city and Boardman River winds it way 

 also through its center. The town is 

 sheltered from the west and north- 

 west storms by a range of high hills 

 which is another very good feature. 



1 really have a very warm spot in 

 my heart for this community as I was 

 born and raised here, spending nine- 

 teen years of my life here. And will 

 say that it was truly a great treat to 

 get back to my home town again and 

 travel the same country and spots as 

 I did when a lad. 



I found a great many water fowl on 

 the bay and rivers among them were 

 large flocks of American Golden Eye 

 Ducks, Scaup and Buffle Heads, sin- 

 gles, pairs and trios of Mergansers, 

 both American and Red Breasted, 

 hundreds of Herring Gulls, a few 

 Ring-billed Gulls and Caspian Terns 

 and a pair of Red Throated Loons 

 were observed. 



I also enjoyed a sight that I will 

 never forget and that was the Herring 

 Gulls feeding at the dumping grounds 

 of the Michigan State Hospital, situ- 

 ated about a mile back from the 

 water. I had often heard of this, but 

 had never had the opportunity to see 

 them before, so shortly after my ar- 

 rival my sister and I snow-shoed over 

 one afternoon and it truly was a sight 

 any bird lover would enjoy. Hun- 

 dreds of Gull so tame that one could 

 walk very close to them. And when 

 one of the sleighs with refuse on came 

 to dump some of the birds lit right 

 on the load and started to feed. 



American Robins were found while 

 I was there, which is very unusual 

 for that locality at this date. And I 

 also saw great flocks of American 

 Gold Finches in the Hemlock woods 

 in greater numbers than I had ever 

 seen before. 



