154 1937 Sept.4 Mountain View Marsh - Tide very high and still flowing in at 1:20 p.m., two full hours after high tide at Fort Point (11:17a) (Only gulls (Calif.) to a very few small waters on west side of highway. Still no rails anywhere. Sept. 5. Boulder Creek. Cassin Vireo still singing Tanager heard. Brown Towhee faint Sept. 11, Santa Cruz. 3 p.m. Tide almost high. Only on one stretch of the West Cliff Drive did I find any rock. Remaining migrants. At that place the tide does not rise to the bluff but leaves a sandy beach covered with kelp above the tide line. There are always many Gulls loafing there. This time Western, Cali. and Hermann's Gulls. In addition there were about 6 Wandering Tattlers and 15 Black Turnstones. They kept near the tide line and advanced beyond as waves receded. Near the bluff where there are many cypress trees there were six ducks: 1 White-winged Scoter, 2 Surf Scoters (bright yellow bills), 1 Buffle and 2 Goldeneyes - young males which showed large white patches in wings and the beginning of a white spot in front of the eye. Plumage brown. They were very near shore in excellent light. One Northern Phalarope was under the bluff in calm water. Brown Pelicans were both adult and young. Common Terns - 11 The first Western Grebes of the season - 30t.