Fulica americana 4/16 May 12 Lake Temescal, 420 ft., Alameda Co., Calif.- leeches rolling around. 5:01 - EF is at Q 23 feeding 1 yrq. Fog is moving in fast, high. 5:02 p.m. now a bird MF? at M10 no longer excites interest in GR at K13. He has apparently given up territory. 5:05. W pair still at O14, enjoying themselves. These birds remained at O14 until about 5:30 without being chased away. In fact, EF still has not shown herself 5:57 p.m. May 13 same locality - 4:30 a.m. SE ♀ on nest J6.5, ♂ came near by as I left and churled in the cat-tails, E♂ on Q22, but the ♀ had was in the nest clump, departing to O23, with much “pooking” as I approached. It is just light enough to read the lines on this page, it is heavily over- cast with fog on the top of the ridge W of the lake and a light mist falling, a breeze is blowing down hill. Mallards are active but Coots aren’t, so are the Puddies. GMail etc-4:40 a.m. 4:45 a.m. ♀ on O6.5 - I waded out towards the nest, she came off. The ♂ chased her giving his coughing note, when they weren’t displaying against me.. all the while MF was at K8 “punting”.? At 4:53 a.m. the ♂ went onto the nest. At 4:56 a.m. the MF charged and spluttered after GR, formerly the M♂ chasing him to L12 and displaying