Banke 1956 Journal 37 1 Sept. Left Berkeley about 2:30 P.M. with John + Betty Davis + Mrs. Ernd Austin. Drove as far as Reno by about 8 P.M. Saw a [illegible] Nightthanh just W. of Reno. (Washoe Co., Nevada). To feed about 12. 2 Sept. Left Reno about 8. Drove to Salt Lake City. Saw Swainson Hawk, Kestrel, mnt (?) Pline, Crowet, some peeps, Canvasbacks in Nevada. Vmt too hot - very pleasant driving. 3 Sept. Drove on to Steanbolt Springs, Colo. Very pretty drive, but not much life. 4 Sept. Rocky Mt. National Park, Colo. - But bee just before noon after a very beautiful drive. A lot of birds toiling - Swainson Hawk + Sparrow Hawk very plentiful between Steanbolt Springs + the Mts. Evidently migrating. Swanson sitting on hay stacks, Sparrow Hawks on pole stubies - about 1/2 half mile. Saw one flock of Canvasbacks. In the park saw Mt. Chichadee, Ruby Crowned Knight just after me got in park, Also Canada Jay. At the restaurant at the summit saw pifts. John + I walked up the tundra - wind was very strong + wild. At a rock shale beyond that (toward Estes Park) saw Vibra - saw one, heard another. Very cute. It was running around the rocks, would sometimes sit on a rock in plain view. Saw Pavers later at Rainbow Point (Colone). had wonderful experience. A marmot was being fed by a man, some fed it to take pictures. Then were several Chipmunks, and a young