June 18. Auto ride to Redondo, back by Nugget Slough where I had ½ hr. birding. Saw coots, Black-cs. Night Herons, Tule Mice, Yellow Headed Blackbirds, Killder Cinnamon Teal. Cormorants - Rock of Cormorants in top of tree - Bills orange, Cinnamon underside. Sooty shoulders, Swam away later. At sunset. Beautiful lights on water. Grousebeaks and Orioles singing. Also yellow warblers and Vireos. June 19. Boat to Santa Monica. Perfect day - June 20. Boarded Harvard for Berkeley. Warm and calm till midnight. June 21. Reached S.F. at noon after very rough 9.71. July 9. Dozens of Hummers buzz about the yellow Mumbles on the hillside every day Most Annas - adult males many of them. Do males care for grown young while females raise 2nd brood. July 16. Thrushes song decreasing.