Remsen, J.V. 1977 Journal Pt. Reyes [cont] June 7 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 House Finch 2 Am. Goldfinch 3 Savannah Sparrow 1(HO) June 14 Pt. Reyes Area: Mendoza Ranch; Nunes Ranch and draw to the west of Nunes; Drake Fish Docks. Time: 0710-1645 Observed: Joe Morlan Wind: 0-2 Sky: low overcast, some drizzle Temp: 55-60 Species: Common Loon 15 (1 BP) Arctic Loon 10 Red-throated Loon 8 (2 BP) Brown Pelican 1 Brandt's Cormorant 2 Ruddy Duck 5 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Surf Scoter 10+ Black Scoter 1♂ Turkey Vulture 12 Red-tailed Hawk 4 Am. Coot 2 Glaucous-winged Gull 1 Western Gull 100 Bonaparte's Gull 1 Mourning Dove 15 Great Horned Owl 1 Allen's Hummingbird 5 Willow Flycatcher 1 Horned Lark 2 Rough-winged Swallow 10 Barn Swallow 35 Cliff Swallow 6 Purple Martin 1♂ Com. Raven 12 Bewick's Wren 5 Long-billed Marsh Wren 2 Swainson's Thrush 2 Com Starling 60 Red-eyed Vireo 3 Black-and-white Warbler 1♀ Tennessee Warbler 2 Magnolia Warbler 1♂ Cape May Warbler 1♀ Myrtle Warbler 1♀ Chestnut-sided Warbler 1♀ Bay-breasted Warbler 2♂ Com. Yellowthroat 3 Am. Redstart 3 [2 in 7, 1♂] House Sparrow 30 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Brewer's Blackbird 25 Brown-headed Cowbird 8 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6 (3♂,3♀) Black-headed Grosbeak 17 Bunting (sp) 1 House Finch 45 Pine Siskin 20 American Goldfinch 50 Savannah Sparrow 20 White-crowned Sparrow 110 Song Sparrow 30 Red-legged Frog 1 + Olemy: Indigo Bunting ♀ Comments: the majority of the vagrant passerines were seen not in the cypress trees at the usual spots but in 2 gulches on the north-facing slopes of the arroyo towards the ocean (4) from Nunes Ranch; These gulches were covered with a dense growth of poison-hemlock 3-6 ft tall and it was this plant that the birds were concentrating on - lots of bugs when shaken - they also secondarily preferred flowering lupines. These gullies were very "birdable" - we could refind just about everything and the birds stayed below eyelevel, although hard to see in the dense growth. These weedy gullies have probably never been looked at before and many good birds have undoubtedly been missed. These gullies are potential habitat for field and deciduous undergrowth birds which are unlikely to be found in the cypresses. We had just finished the row of trees at Nunes when I heard a Spizella fly over out towards the west and into the gully. We never found the Spizella but while down in