6 March 81 Short showers of rain fell in the afternoon yesterday, accom- panied by hail and heavy thunder and sharp lightning. Wind was very high during the night and today is still very high. I heard that a corvy of "Fool Quail" were oc- casionally seen a couple miles up the Creek, and today moved camp to the vicinity, with the intention of looking for them tomorrow. On the way up saw two Deer, and shot a pair of Curvirostra var. mexicana in scrub pines. Saw no others. A couple months ago I saw a male near the summit, and last July I saw a brood of full fledged young which comprise all I have seen but