Fulica americana 304 Apr 14 Lake Ternesal, 420 ft., Alameda Co., Calif. and slowly climbed up on it. Carefully adjusted the eggs and settled down. The nest at I6.1 is considerably larger, a second layer of coarser larger stems and a couple of green parts worked in. What may be the beginning of a ramp running off to the SW of the nest, composed a two fairly large stems. Cate tails are now about 6 feet above the water surface. When I first waded into J6.5 I flushed a bird off that I thought was the F, then about 5 minutes later, returning to the nest, I flushed a bird off I knew was the male. After a couple of churns the F came from down S to join him but did not churn or growl. Once she gave a couple of "punk's". Tried to photograph the F Churning in BW. 7 eggs in the J6.5 nest. - Jewel Lake, 510 ft., Contra Costa Co., Calif.- On arrival, about 5 p.m. both S birds were feeding at D12. I worked to cat-tail at B+C 11,12&13. Then cut over and worked F9, then GHI 8 to 18, K to M/9, and all the cat tails around the island. Saw NF feeding alone, giving an occasional "punk" at F27+28. Found a nest with 17 eggs at M25.19. Very well concealed, right in the midst of an extremely thick stand of dead