March 24, 1947, Lower Morongo Dry Canyon, 1 mi. S of Riverside-San Berdu County Line on road from Devil's Garden to 29 Palms., 1000 PST. Phoradendron californicum present on mesquite and here too was a pair of Phainopeplas. I found a nest at 4½ feet in mesquite on the NW side of the bush on a horizontal limb, with another horizontal limb over it. I flushed the female off the nest and found 2 eggs, light blue-gray and heavily spotted (lighter toward the poles) with purple-brown (almost forming a band), fine spots. Egg size about ½" x 3/4". The nest lining of fine plant fibers and cottony material. Outside of dry grassestems. Inside diameter 2¼", depth 1¼". The parent birds stayed nearby and returned to the nest within one minute after we left Also saw Spotted Towhee, San Diego, and House Finches. March 24, 1947, Riverside California, Noon, and 1630-1645. Mockingbird on the sidewalk this noon, in the residential district. Sparrow Hawk Western Gnatcatcher W. Mockingbird Meadowlark Brewer Blackbird S an Diego Towhee Gambel Sparrow. March 24, 1947, Loma Linda California , 1200-1340 PST. Flicker California Jays Robin Cedar Waxwings Brewer Blackbirds House Finch Brown Towhee, California Gambel Sparrow San Diego Song Sparrow March 25, 1947, American Egret W. Mockingbird Loggerhead Shrike Manteca to Tracy, Calif. Redwing, Bicolored Brewer Blackbirds 0708 to 0725 PST. House Finch Gambel Sparrow March 25, 1947, Tracy to Livermore, Calif. 0800-0820 PST Sparrow Hawk Killdeer Burrowing Owl on open hillside Flicker Meadowlark Bicolor Redwing Brewer Blackbird Oregon Vesper Sparrow Lincoln Sparrow March 25, 1947, Livermore to Oakland, Calif., 0820-0900 PST. American Egret Sparrow Hawk Lewis Woodpecker in oaks Loggerhead Shrike W. Meadowlark Bicolor Redwing Brewer Blackbirds March 26, 1947, Lake Anza, Tilden Park Hills, Berkeley, 1330-1430 P.S.T. Bill John Red-tailed Hawks - several pair seen over Berkeley-Oakland hills soaring and courting during the time we were out. Flicker California Woodpeckers Coast Jays in evergreen Eucalyptus groves; several of them Long-tailed Jays in live oak area. Ruby-crowned Kinglets - pair singing in an alder. Cassin Vireo - 3 were heard. Yellow Warbler - saw 1, and heard 2 others. Willow Goldfinches inthe canyon Oregon Towhee Chipping Sparrows - 7 heard and 5 were seen.