Journail 136 1990 Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve, Smi No Lucia Montana Co. California Cstlew 25 Feb 1514 hours--left Albany at 1100 hrs. Drove '80 E to 980 hit quake construction detour, got onto 880 S to San Jose' took (75) to D.S. Had heavy traffic all the way. The reserve is located Smi south of Esalen Inst on highway 1 (3rd Bridge past Esda). Beautiful sunny day, light wispy cloud cover (30%) T = ~50°F windy is 3-5mph out of the NW). From Albany to Big Creek is 164.4 miles. Stopped for lunch in Carmel at 1240. Ate at Rio Grill at corner of Highway 1 and Rio Road, A bit pricey ($7 for turkey sandwich) but had nice wine list. Fueled up at Arco station, just E of Rio Grill. Big Rio Rd is one road S of Carmel Valley Road. Have heard B's singing & chimping in parking lot by guest register. 1851 hours saw ~6 sparrows They were in steep gulleys in Bacharis also in association with >6 Fox Sparrows. The sparrows distressed called (Fox Sparrows "chack-ing" and Song Sparrows "chimping"). Also Ruby-crowned Kinglets "Jit-jit -- je-diting". Saw Numerous >10 Brown Creeper and heard many (>10) Winter Wren. Saw 2 of the worms they were down near The creek. The sparrows were behaving strangely in response to playbacks. They "chirped" but hardly any B's came flying in to give full song. It seemed like late-summer behavior. Lots of "chimping," not much full song. Heard most full song down in gully of John's House. It surprises me that there are no sparrows near the creek, they did seem to be up on the steep sides near the ridge tops where the vegetation is low (~26') Bacharis and grasses. There are willows near The creek