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- I. McT. [Ian McTaggart] Cowan
Savannah Sparrow.
Oct [October] 31/1935 Stomach analysis:- Victoria area
5134. Remains of small beetle,
2 seeds.
5135 Remains of kelp flies
5146 Remains of small beetle
Kelp flies
1 amphipod
In migration this fall I have observed
these sparrows only on the beach +
immediately contiguous. They seem to
be entirely, or almost entirely, insect
eaters. In most cases they travel
singly but in one instance - at
Island View Beach, Oct. [October] 14, 1935 they
were in a small flock + extremely
wild.
Victoria April 28/39 [1939].
Numbers of Savannah sparrows
today appeared in Beacon hill Park.
Cowichan Bay. July 13/40 [1940]
Nest + 4 eggs sent in by Dennis
Ashby. He states found another
nest earlier, last egg laid May 15,
first egg hatched May 26 at noon
Vancouver, U.B.C. [University of British Columbia] Sept [September] 18/40 [1940]
Migrating in numbers today after
a 2 day storm. Mixed flocks [words crossed out]
with coronata [underlined] [word crossed out]
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