141 Jan.20. Thermometer down to 32° in Santa Cruz in the morning. After breakfast we drove up to the Cottage reaching there about 9a.m. On the roadway about 30 Siskins and Goldfinches were bunched on the ground eating seeds, Dreyfus. Birds flew in all directions as we drove on, goldfinches, finches, towhees, Hermit Thrushes, blue- birds. During the morning I heard Nutting Vireo, R.C.Knight, Creeper, Chickadees, Two Hermit Thrushes seemed to use the roadway as a boundary between their feeding territories. Several times I looked and each time one was west of the roadway, the other east and once the one on the east side came to the edge of the road only to be driven off by the other one. When we drove away at 1 p.m. They were still there and farther de there were two more, one on one side of the road, the others on the other side - A little farther on the same thing was noticed again. Very Cold - solid ice in the bird pool and ground frozen all day in the shade - probably about 18° at night, 22° at Saratoga. Dr Berkeley water in a shallow pool was frozen solid. Jan.21 Temperatures very low - 24° at Campus, probably about 22° here. Pools frozen over and home plants in the porch nipped. Cold east wind. Jan.22. Moderating. Less wind. But ice remains. Jan.23. Still very cold. Jan.24. Rain before daylight. Warmer. Later cleaning wind. Cold. Jan.25. Clear. Cold. Very heavy frost. Ice in gutters. Thrashers and Song Sparrows singing as if it were spring. A pair