R.J. Raitt 1956 2 journal Mojave River, 1400-1450 ft., Afton, San Bernardino Co., Calif. December 26, 1956 In order to run a pipeline from the camp to the river and the low, marshy spot between the road and the railroad where we collected Red-winged Blackbirds - now filled in and immediately adjacent to the camp. Because of the presence of the construction camp we decided not to camp at our old site (although this would have been possible) and camped instead where the boy scouts had been camped in the spring - that is just west of the crossing of the river by the road, 1/2-3/4 miles west of Afton. At about 3 pm we started hunting upstream from the river crossing following the stream closely. We followed up the south side of the stream to the pond set against the cliff downending the south side of the canyon (This is the pond where I shot the Snipe, Yellow-throat and other last spring). The total distance upstream is about 1 mile. On the way back to camp we partly paralleled our route upstream on the north side of the stream. Arrived back in camp at about 5 pm. Perched on the railroad bridge near our camp and occasionally flying overhead along the railroad were flocks of Brewer Blackbirds varying in number from 2 to about 25. The railroad bridge superstructure seemed to be an attractive perch in the afternoon as they flew to it from both east and west. When they came from from the west I don't know but last spring we saw them along the railroad and around the