R Dixon 1950 Journal April 2 Blanco Creek, Refugio Co., Texas I stopped at the bridge about 5 mi NW Refugio and took a photograph of the tall leafless trees in the bottomland -- liverak on slope W creek. Aransas River, 5 1/2 mi. ENE Skidmore, Bee Co., Texas I reached the house at 3:40 - half an hour later I walked down to the river to take some photographs, returning at 4:45. Calm, clear in evening. I took station beside the house to watch the bat flight from the S escape at 7:05 (sun had set; Sirius the only star visible). -(7:10 Rigel visible). 7:13 pauraque called for the first time. Shortly afterward a bat flew toward the house from the river. 7:15 last song from dark Sparrow. No flight of bats from anywhere that I could see by 7:30 so I gave up the vigil. April 3. Sunny early, clouding in toward noon. Calm. Dawn chorus voluminous including Turkey. Bared Owl giving 6-foot call at 7:40 along river to E of Corrigan House (in which I was staying). I left the house at 8:00 and drove to Beeville; there I met Mr. Grady Stiles, farm editor of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times in the County Agents' office. He asked a number of questions about my work and discussed an interview with Val Lehmann on the King Ranch, Kingsville, Kleberg Co., Texas. Lehmann had told him that the sex ratio in Bob-white Quail was about 20:1 & as a result of severe drought and the winter freezes in 1951. While we were talking, a trapper brought in 4 scalps and cut them in two between the ears. One was a coyote, the other were "red wolves". The latter 3 & had given premature birth to their young when they were trapped; there were 7, 8, and 9 young respectively according to this man. He received $12.00 bounty.