144 1937 Feb. 4. Pouring rains - Left Boulder 10 a.m. for Berkeley Feb. 5. Raining late afternoon and all night. Thrushes singing freely from top of truck beyond trees next to pool east of house. A pair of Song Sparrows sleep together much of the time. Floods on Russian River. Warm Feb. 6. Still raining - warm. Wren - it sings, female answers. Feb. 8 Clear, cold wind. Feb. 9. Clear, chilly east wind. Warm in middle of day Feb. 10. Cloudy, cold east wind. Beginners at Lake Merritt. Ducks diminishing. Very few pintails. Canvas backs and Baldpates most numerous (300 each), one European Widgeon - Redhead (102) Bluebills (150t), Mallards (50t). 5 Goldeneye, 2 Buffleheads. A few Pied-billed & Eared Grebes. Went from Lake Merritt to Boulder Creek. Rained at night. Feb. 11. Raining. On way home stopped at Mt. Tides as hide turned (3 p.m.) Birds abundant. Black-bellied Plovers (a few); Long-billed Curlew (20-35) Hudsonian Curlews (one seen standing beside a L.b.C.); Willets abundant; Lesser Yellowlegs (2) (smaller than Willet at L.) Fed b.-& W. Sandpipers (a few Redd. showing black on lower part), Dowitchers (20t), Godwits 30-50; Avocet Bon Gulls, a few.) Many Spooibills. A Grebe showed decided white cheek patch, larger than Eared Grebe - and when it dove it simply sank below the water with no jump. Blue-billed also. Eared Grebes on salt pools at Dumb. A few American Egrets in wet fields and 1 Snowy Egret near Bannberg. (Mr. McCabe reported about 500 Godwits and 1 Avocet at Feb. 10 San Diego.)