March 27, 1947, Hayward, California 1030 PST. Ring-billed Gulls abundant, and following newly turned furrows of the plough, in a field next to the highway. March 27, 1947, Dumbarton Bridge, Lower San Francisco Bay, 1100 PST. Blue Heron Mallards Baldpates Redheads Lesser Scaups Sparrow Hawk Willets Avocets - 40 or 50 of them. Dowitchers - 40 or 50, all on the tidal flats. Black-bellied Plover- saw just one, about a foot long. In winter plumage. Bonaparte Gulls - quite common, for I saw 25 or 30 riding on the water. House Finches Meadowlarks Gambel Sparrows Song Sparrows, Alameda, along the roadways. March 27, 1947, Palo Alto, Calif., 1115 PST. California Jays (Long-tails) Loggerhead Shrikes Meadowlarks Brown Towhee, San Francisco- Oregon Towhee, San Francisco- March 27, 1947, Golden-Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif. 1715-1810 PST. Overcast, and rain showers, both heavy and light. Mallards Baldpates Lesser Scaups 2 pr. Ruddy Ducks - males in full bib. Valley Quail - 11 Ring-billed Gulls Rufous Hummingbirds. San Francisco Brown Towhee Gambel Sparrow. March 28, 1947, Berkeley to San Rafael, 0930-1030, via Bay Ferry. Western Grebes - a few Surf Scoters Double-crested Cormorants California Gulls - also at 9 p.m., flying by the ferry, after dark. Dowitchers flew by. March 28, 1947, San Rafael to Sebastopol, Calif., Sparrow Hawks Black Pigeon Hawks - 2 Violet-green Swallows Rough-winged Swallows - 4 Crows - 7 Meadowlarks Frisco Redwing Brewer Blackbirds Nuttall's Sparrow Summer Home Park, 3½ miles NW of Forestville, Sonoma Co. on the Russian River, Elev. 60' to 70'. 1300-1700, March 28, 1947. Blue Heron Turkey Vulture flew over Pileated Woodpecker - in the redwoods California Woodpeckers - callin W. Crow Winter Wrens - singing Plain Titmouse - Robin Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet Purple Finches W. Evening Grosbeaks Frisco Brown Towhee Song Sparrow. March 30, 1947, 10 mi. N. of Williams - 1700 PST - Barn Swallows over hiway. 4 mi. S. of Williams - Cliff Swallows over irrigation ditch.