P. DeBenedictis 1969 June 28 Berkeley to Deep Springs, Inyo Co., Calif. Went to Newport Bay with Richard Stillcup, Janet Kresser, & Art Wang to see the Tropicbird there. The trip down was long & non eventful; arrived c. 2 P.M. The gliders the bird comes to were up, but although we waited until 5, the bird failed to show - it had been seen the 23 & 25th. [illegible] photos show it clearly to be a white- tailed Tropicbird. We went to Wes Hetrick's house, where we had dinner - saw a Hooded Oriole nest and a Mocking bird's nest with 3 eggs, 1 young, and than gave me negatives to his nest photos for the museum. Went up via 395. Saw a D.O.R. hampropeller and caught a small Chloris [illegible] at the paved 395 and Rd, north of Went to Deep Springs where we spent the night. June 29 Got up after light but almost no song. Birded here from c. 6:30 to 9, then went to oasis, where we spent c. 1/2 an hour. At Deep Springs we saw little out of the ordinary, a few non-migrants: 10 Sparrow Hawks (1 family group w. 5 young), 17 Turkey Vultures, 4 Killdeer, 2 Long Eared Owls, 15-20 Western Kingbirds (1 nest), 17 Cassin's Kingbirds (2 nests - see below), 1 Ash-thr. Flycatcher, 10 Horned Larks, 4 Tree Swallows; 10 Ravens, 3 Black-billed Magpies, 3 Robins, 1 Orange-c. Wrenly, 10 Meadowlarks, 25 Red-wing Blackbird, 50-75 Brewer Blackbirds; 20 Corvids, 10 Skulwegs, 10 Buselock's Orioles; 1 Indigo bunting - ? in transition Plumage - it was the dark bright bron color of the f,