Shing 1921 Kiggins Valley 128. ing. Shot a Magnolia Warbler and a Spotted Sandpiper. Birds are very scarce there now. Did some fishing and caught a big Holly Varden and a cutthroat. Saw three large gulls evidently Herring Gulls, and a flock of shore birds feeding on the gravel bars that resembled fussy yellow legs. There had been some G.P. Herons there recently. Spent some time watching the Hummies on their spawning ground, in the shallow waters the females scoop out large hollows in the gravel where they lay their eggs; there are hundreds of these "nests" off one island, each covered by a slender spotted female. Behind each of these hovers one, and sometimes two, lattered males, and when the female drops back they take her place and fertilize the eggs. They are constantly fighting and every now and then a big Holly Varden sweeps in evidently egg hunting, to be attacked by all the salmons. It is a very lively scene and well worth watching. Spent afternoon putting up specimens. This evening I went after a 1-Horned Owl. I heard hooting up the road. Sneaked up on him thru the brush, he was up in a big cottonwood about fifty feet and I watched him for sometime prior to shooting him. There were two other owls hooting and he was answering. Prior to hooting he would move up and down the branch