126 1936. Berkeley. Sept. 23. Very warm after a foggy night. A Fox Sparrow called repeated by at. Sept. 24. 45 a.m. Heard a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Sept. 26. Flickers, Sparrow Hawks increasing. Forest jires. Very bad north of Waterman's Bay. East wind in morning - Berkeley Fog at night - Boulder Creek. Sept. 28. Ruby-crowned Kinglet near kitchen window. Sept. 29. Large flock of brush-tits - 2 Nuttall Vireos, 2 Titmouuses, 1 Hermit Thrush and a Tow- head Warbler with them. Warm. Sept. 30. Ladybirds went to Marin Co. Found many winter birds already here. In Berkeley before we left & heard Sandhill and Golden-crowned Spar- rrow and we saw Townsend Warblers. On the bay we saw a Caly Murre in winter plumage. In the marsh back of San Quentin we saw Three Ann. Egrets and Two Bay Phoebes; Stopped near Greenbrae on a road bordering the marsh in Kentfield; Lunch at Phoenix Lake. Then crossed through San Rafael & McNear's Pt. Saw 13 Ann. Egrets near the marsh, and more Bay Phoebes. Went on to China Camp - Many Bonaparte Gulls there. Also a dark, swift-flying bird with long narrow wings and longish tail - too large for pigeon, hawks. Could it have been a jaeger? It flew along off shore near the point north of China Camp. Continuing South. Full list; Pied billed Grebes 4 ad., 2 young at Phoenix Lake. The young were calling loudly something like Spotted Sandpipers. They showed white stripes on sides of head - Brown Pelicans (on bay), Cormorants (sp.3) or bay, Lt. Blue Heron, Ann. Egrets (16), Ducks (sp.?) three small ones flying; Sh. Sh. Hawks (1), Sparrow Hawks (ab.) Heard continuous calls of a hawk at Phoenix Lake - possibly young Redtail. Quail (heard once).