October 1956 Journal Feb. Near Barkeley Hills near V.C. Botanical Gardens Barkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. Feb. 5 LEFT BIKE AT "I" HOUSE AT 1:00 PM. AND WANDERED UP CANYON ROAD (THE SHORT DEADEND STREET WITH 6 OR 7 HOUSES ON IT) FOUND GROUP OF 3 TRILLIUM (?) PURPLE FLOWERS) BLOOMING ON SNAGGY SLOPE NEAR HOUSES. ALSO NEOTOMA NESTS THERE. WEATHER CLEAR, WARM & SWIRLY WINDY. FOLLOWED STREAM UP HILL A SHORT WAYS AND SAW IN A FLOCK OF BUSHTITS, 2 PLAIN TITS & A HUTTON'S VIREO. SONG SPARROW SINGING. TOOK THE SAME FIRE LANE ROAD AS ON FEB JAN 29, 1956, THEN CLIMBED UP INTO EVERGREEN WOODS. NO BIRDS HERE SO I TRICKED THE MORE OPEN SLOPES AND FOUND 2 NEOTOMA NESTS IN TREES. TORE INTO ONE OF THESE 8-FT. UP IN A TREE & FOUND INNER CAVITY ABOUT 4" IN DIAMETER X 6" LONG. FLOOR OF IT WAS 6" OCC. IN OLD PELLETS. ENTRANCE WAS ON SIDE LEADING OUT ONTO A LIMB WHERE I FOUND FAIRLY FRESH, BUT NOT NEWLY DROPPED, FEELAN PELLETS. OUTSIDE DIMENSIONS OF NEST ABOUT 2' X 2' X 2'. ALSO SAW 10 OR 12 GROUND NESTS ONE WITH FRESHLY CUT PLANT MATERIAL ("GOATS BEARD") NEAR ENTRANCE. FURTHER UP HILLSIDE (ABOUT 1/4 MI. SE OF BOTANIC GARDENS) I FOUND OWN PELLETS.