63 April 3. Gentle rain last night. Warm. A burst of song- beginning at 6:15 a.m. with Purple Finches, Wren Tl - Song Sparrows. After breakfast Titmouse, Fox Sparrow, Townsend Warblers (several), Yellowthroat Warbler, Bicolored Warbler (first seen seen near house) W. Flycatcher, House Wren (belows house), P-c Knight- all singing. Meadowlarks across canyon. Thrashers seem not to be near the house this year. Perhaps because their nests are disturbed by argentine ants ? New leaves on oak trees about half size. April 4. Rain part of day. Spring flower show (Clarland) Townsend Warblers singing. April 5. Rain at night. Heavy shower 6 a.m. Heard Hermit Thrush singing. House Wren again. Titmouse feeling male in loft. April 6. Rain last night and raining today. Heard Hermit Thrush singing. Song Sparrow sang at 4:30 a.m. (darts) and again at 5 a.m. Yellowthroat Warbler & Spotted Towhee began. Went to Boulder Creek via Los Gatos, Mt. Hennan. Wild flowers just beginning except buttercups, mallow and Cream Cups- Pale blue ceanothus in full bloom. Rained all night. Wedded petunia bed. W. Flycatcher heard. April 7. Raised land most of morning. Planted petunias. River very high, the highest we have ever seen it - Probably by night at reached the high water mark of the season. April 8. Faculty Bird Trip on lower Cumbres- Showers, N.W. wind, Sunshine, Cold. A great contrast to the second Monday of April, 1934. Rains have been so continuous that birds have not had a chance to move northward. Summer visitors: W. Flycatcher, two near Faculty Club. Allen Hennan