45 probably Band-tailed Pigeons was seen (20-30). Creeper singing at Boulder Creek. Along highway Sparrow Hawks and Turkey Buzzards were more conspicuous than usual. No winter-visiting birds detected - (Three feet of snow in Sierras) Sept. 24. Berkeley - Partly cloudy - Air crisp and clear. Saw a Black-throated Gray Warbler (no black on throat) in oak's east of house. One song of Golden- crowned Sparrow heard. At 11:30 p.m. I heard, a Poor-Will calling. I counted the repetitions: at 143 there was a slight slowing down from the clock-like regularity and at 155 it stopped. So I left the window where I was listening and went to bed. Afterward I heard it begin another shorter series, and a little later a second series. Sept. 25. James told me the Poor Will was calling for some time before I went to my room last night. This is the first time I have ever heard one in Strawberry Canyon. Clear, crisp. Many Golden-crowned Sparrows singing. Heard a Red-breasted Nuthatch near house. Di North Berkeley in the afternoon many Nuthall Sparrows were singing in the esterastros below the School of Religion on Le Cate Ave. Also a few juncolewis or Gambel. Sept. 26. A tanager was near the kitchen window when I came down at 6:45 a.m. I heard The Nuthall Woodpecker again at noon. In Mrs. Bleale's garden there were very many Gambel Sparrows, a few Golden-crowns and many Purple Finches. Flickers numerous. Saw also Mourning Doves. Drail, Calif.