October 1-2, 1956, Monterey Peninsula, Monterey Co. Calif. Sunny, foggy, rain, calm, wind. Common Loon Lesser Loon Eared Grebe Western Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Sooty Shearwater Pink-footed Shearwater Pale-footed Shearwater - 2 off Pt. Pinos, with others.- Kingfisher Fulmar - dark phase Brown Pelican - 12's Brandt Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant Baird Cormorant - rare Blue Heron Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 Mallard Surf Scoter - 4 in bay on 10/3 Ruddy Duck - 25-30, 1 full Male Vultures Red-tailed Hawk Sparrow Hawk Calif. Quail common Snowy Plover -1 Black Turnstones very common Ruddy Turnstone - only 1 seen Surf Bird - 3 Whimberel - 1 on rocky cost at Pt.Pinos Oystercatchers - 4 pair, for sure. Heerman Gull Western Gull Herring Gulls Calif. Gull Common Terns - several Pigeon Guillemot Calif. Murre Mourning Dove Rufous Hummingbird Costa Hummingbird Allen Hummingbird Red-shafted Flicker Calif. Woodpecker Red-breasted Sapsucker Black Phoebe - several Say Phoebe - 1 Scrub Jay common W. Crow - dozens Yellow-billed Magpies - dozens Chestnut-backed Chickadee Pigmy Nuthatch common Calif. Creeper Audubon Warbler- 7 Townsend Warbler - 2 Pacific Yellow-throat -1 House Sparrow Meadowlarks Redwings Brewer Blackbird - including 2 part-albinos Black-headed Grosbeak - 1 Purple Finch House Finch Spotted Towhee Oregon Junco White-crowned Sparrows Song Sparrows 2422 October 21, 1956, 1825 Los RoblesBlvd, N. Sacto. Calif. 3-5 p.m.PST, Warm, 75°F. Sparrow Hawk - 2 Mourning Doves Flicker on oaks Calif. Woodpecker Scrub Jay - 2 Yel-bill Magpie- 4 came to water puddle and feeding tops of oaks most of p.m. Bush Tits White-breasted Nuthatch Bewick Wren Mockingbird Audubon Warbler House Sparrow House Finch White-crown Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow - 1st heard this fall. Song Sparrows 2423 October 28, 1956, 1825 Los Robles Blvd, N. Sacto. Calif. 2-5 p.m.PST, Cool, 58°F. Sparrow Hawk - 2, w/ 1 chased and dashed at by several Calif. Woodp., Magpies. Calif. Gull - several to NNE in evening. Red-shafted Flicker Calif. Woodpecker - 4 chasing and fussing about perched Sparrow Hawk. Scrub Jay - 4 or 5 in neighborhood W. Crow - 2 seen Yellow-billed Magpie - 4, and fussing at Sp.Hk. Plain Titmice Bush Tits White-brstd Nuthatch Bewick Wren Mockingbird - 2 Robin - 6 to NNE at 4:30 p.m. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Orange-crowned Warbler bath in sprinkler Audubon Warblers - several Black-throated Gray Warbler -bath in sprinkl. H House Sparrows abundant in neighborhood House Finches Spatted Towhee - 2 Oregon Juncos Golde-crownssparrowssinging at 5 p.m. White-crowned Sparrow - few imms. Song Sparrow - 2 Seen 11/7/56 Cedar-Wing, Barn Owl 2424