KBixon 1951 Journal Oct. 10 Strawberry Canyon, Alameda Co., Calif. - In canyon 9:00 - 9:55 am - 3:55 - 5:30 pm. see acc't Parus inornatus - hard rain 10:30 - 11:30 Oct 11 see acc't Parus inornatus, Cyanocitta Oct 13. In canyon, 6:20 - 8:00 am, 9:30 - 11:45 am, 1:30 - 5:15 pm. Warm, clear. See acc't for Parus inornatus, P. rufescens, Cyanocitta, Microtus. Red-shafted Flicker perched on telephone wire at 9:30 am gave call "Teal" from that perch. Oct 14 Willcat Cr., Contra Costa Co., Calif. In picnic ground downstream from tennis court Black-throated Grey Warbler (♀ plumage) and White-breasted Nuthatch seen foraging in oaks at 10:30 am. On a walk along south bank of creek and around Jewel Lake (10:45 - 12:00 noon), Hermit Warbler ♀ in woodland (Cogswell), Winter Wren, Bewick Wren, Audubon Warbler; at lake: Lora, Coot, Red-winged Blackbird (feeble chorus from cattails), Black Throated, Ruby-crowned Kinglet (♂ singing) ♀ in willows at dawn.