16 1934. Noticed a number of tent caterpillars on the walls and on ground. Cooler, with light clouds in early morning. No kinglets since Mar. 26 and no flocks of juncos since Mar. 27. Trilling song of juncos heard frequently in different places but always from single bird or pair. Bushtits nest on same branch of cypress where they built last year at west end of road to claims. Feeding young. April 10. Many birds near house - Golden-crowned Sparrows, Purple Finches, Robins, a flock of Juncos, Townsend Warblers (a few), Pine Siskins, Hermit Thrush and Fox Sparrows singing - Thrushes sing near house every day. Purple Finches were pulling worms from among leaves and eating them with clicking of mandibles. Blue jays are feeding young - have been for several days. Vigors Oven still brooding; Fog at night. April 11. Went to Davenport by way of Carnegie Bridge Along the Sears St. Cut-off all the marshes have been drained except those at the hunting club. Birds were comparatively few both as to species and individuals. Saw: St. Blue Heron, American Egrets, Mallard 10+, Shoveller 4+, Pintail 1, Canvasback 10+ Reddy 6+, Goldeneye 1 female, Marsh Hawk (both light and dark), Coots, Killdeer, Black-bellied Plover, 20+, Yellowlegs 6-8, Ruddy-backed Sandpiper 50-100, Western (and Least ?) Sandpipers (one large flock), Avocets 6+, Dowitchers 100+, Western & Bonaparte Gulls (in marsh), Horned Larks, Barn Swallows (a few), Tule Mear, Redwinged and Brewer Blackbirds, Meadowlarks, Linnet, Willow Goldfinch, Sora, Marsh Sparrow, Salt Marsh and