Palmer 1936 Itinerary May27 cont'd. Butt's Ranch, 3000 ft., San Benito Co. (cont'd). backed Goldfinches, Brewer Blackbirds, Western Bluebird, Black Phoebe, Bullock Oriole, Ash-throated Flycatcher. Heard Calif Thrasher, Whentit, Black-headed Grosbeak. In the evening set 3 mole traps on surface ridges in sandy silt soil of the creek bottom. Still cold and windy with heavy black clouds overhead. Very few birds out May28 Cold drizzly rain this A.M. 3 Mole traps caught nothing. Hunted birds in the rain for about 1 1/2 hrs. Saw 1 Black- headed Grosbeak, 2 Ash-throated Flycatcher, 1 Nuttall Woodpecker, 1 Western Wood Pewee, several Brewer Blackbirds, Western Blue- birds, Linnet and Green-backed Gold- finches. Didn't shoot anything. Spent the day