site as if now appears that B. wood housei and B. cognatus breed here. Their size is about the same but voices are quite different. The B. woodhousei is a ♂ judging from the size of the thumb and the pale throat. After breakfast at Sambo's in Indio and looking at an art gallery in Palm Springs we drive up Tramway Canyon. Encelia farinosa is in bloom all over. Desert apricot and Simpson weed is in bloom also. Very beautiful - much color mist rising from the water ground. Still overcast but S.B. Roth Journal 3 1969 May 7 Palm Springs area Riverside Co., Calif lighter. Some clearing to the east now at 8:00 AM. Snow in the San Jacinto mts. We decide to take a short snooze.