I.C. ZIEGLER 1952 (TRANSCRIBED) JOURNAL OCT 31 NEAR FIVE LAKES OUTING CLUB, HORSESHOE LAKE, ARKANSAS. LARGE NEST 1' X 1.5' X .7' UNDER EAVES IN ATTIC OF ABANDONED SHARECROPPER'S HOUSE NOW USED FOR HAY STORAGE. NEST WAS BUILT OF STRAW, GRASSES, SHINGLES & OTHER RUBBISH. THE HOUSE WAS TIN ROOFED & APPARENTLY HAD ONCE BEEN WOOD SHINGLED. BROKEN SHINGLES LAY IN ATTIC AND MANY HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO NEST, TOOTH MARKS SHOWING ON NEARLY EVERY PIECE OF WOOD IN NEST. THE ATTIC FLOOR & INSIDE OF ROOF WERE COVERED WITH MUD- DAUBER. NESTS & MOST OF THEM WERE GNAWED OPEN & THE LARVAE APPARENTLY EATEN. SEVERAL OF THESE OPENED INSECT CASES WE'RE FOUND IN THE NEST. ALSO FOUND IN THE NEST WERE GNAWED CORN COBS, CHICKEN BONES & FRIED FISH BONES. PROBABLY FROM LUNCHES OF FARM WORKERS. WOOD RATS NEST ? NOVIS LABREA TAR PITS, WILSHIRE BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CALIF., 2:00PM - 2:30 PM. WEATHER - CLEAR, COOL. A SHORT LOOK AT THE PITS & SIGNS TELLING HISTORY & SPECIES OF THE TAR-BEDS. BIRDS - ACCLATER VEROX (1), ZENAI DOURA