99 jan. 17. Berkeley. Clear after days of rain. Very light frost across the canyon. jan. 18. Cloudy. Birds very abundant. Quail, jay, finch, 1 thrasher (singing), Vireo Vireo (singing), Titmouse, R.C. Kinglets, Hermit Thrushes, Varied Thrushes, Robins, Brown Nutton Vireo, Brown & Spotted Towhee, Fox Sparrows, Singing G.c. Sparrow, Song Sparrow (singing), Red-breasted Nuthatch, Junco, Wren-tit - all in our garden or just over the line. What a contrast with the desert! Flowers in bloom: Wild currant, blueviolet, white violet, fremrose, primulas, Cestrum, Kerria, pudd saxifrage, freschia, cyclamen, choryzema, narcissus, cineraria, sericics, tritoma, wallflower. jan 19-21. Clear, warm. Worked in garden. jan. 22. Clear, warm. Lady Birds went to Lake Merritt and Mt. Eden where many acres are under water due to heavy rains last week. At Lake Merritt Toyon Berries are still abundant and many birds were feeding on them; robins, Cedar Waxwings, Purple Finches, Hermit Thrushes- Also seen - Song Sparrows, G.c. Sparrows and a few White-crowned (sp.), Junco's and Br. Blackbirds. Ducks are much diminished in number. Saw no Golden-Eyes, Buffle Heads, very few Mallards, Ruddies. A few hundred Baldpates & Pintails, our European Widgeon - Lesser Scaup and Canvasbacks still quite abundant. A few Bonaparte Gulls; many Cali. and Glancors. Vangas and a few Ringbills. Among the geese, no Canada Geese seen, 8±10 Tichins and 1 Cackling, 8±12 Lesser Snow and 1 Ross Goose. Several Sand Grebes and one Pied-billed seem. Saw only the birds near the subareader's fresh water station.