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species, but stragglers of the early migrants are still here, and 

 the advance guard of the later ones have just arrived. Among 

 the former were the Least Sandpiper, Black-bellied Plover, 

 and Yellow- legs. Those just coming are Wilson's Snipe, 

 Greater Yellow-legs and Golden Plover. The Turnstone and 

 Piping Plover are gone. 



September 23 — I heard the notes of a Screech Owl for the 

 first time today. A trip to the west beach showed that the 

 birds are still scarce on the Point. All that I saw were one 

 Herring Gull, one Mourning Dove, two Great Blue Herons, 

 and one Woodcock. Albert Gardner shot a Wood Duck and 

 reported thirty ?five seen. vSeven Black Ducks, three Cooper's 

 Hawks, two Sharp-shinned Hawk$, and a Coot were also 

 seen. 



September 24 — This morning I saw a few Red-tailed Hawks 

 soaring about over the house and yard, but slowly working 

 south. Numbers of Sharp-shinned Hawks also flew over but 

 in a more direct line. On the beach near the end of the Point 

 there was a small flock of Sanderling the first I have seen 

 since I arrived. Other specimens seen were, two Savanna 

 Sparrows, a Barred Owl (?). a Cooper's Hawk, and about 

 fifty Herring Gulls. 



September 25 — This morning I found the Point occupied by 

 flocks of Olive-backed. Gray-cheeked, and a few Hermit 

 Thrushes, and a small flock of Golden-crowned Kinglets, and 

 Red-breasted Nuthatches, while in the open were flocks of 

 Juncos, Field and Chipping Sparrows. I also saw about 

 fifty Bob-whites in a patch of buckwheat. Crows also were 

 gathering. On the marsh Maxim Gardner saw about one 

 hundred Coot, three Greater Yellowlegs, two hundred Black 

 Ducks, and eleven Wood Ducks. 



September 26 — Last night there was a decided movement 

 of sparrows. The White-throated came in large numbers and 

 was to be seen along the fence rows and fields and in the 

 junipers at the edge of the beaches, and in fact, all over the 

 Point. A few warblers also came, and among them I saw two 

 Cape ]vlay. A few White-crowned Sparrows were seen, and 



