83 July 3. Coolers, foggy- Went to Boulder Creek to spend 4th July 5 Started to L.A. to attend Kenneth's wedding- Stopped a few minutes at Moss Landing. Cormorants, Brown Pelicans, Least Terns. Possibly a few shore birds but could not identify them - Spent night at Santa Maria. Cool all the way. July 6. Reached L.A. in afternoon. Saw no shore birds along the coast. Via Longport to see La Purisima mission- Being restored. Eilaphaeriflora July 7. Mockingbird sang all night - not musical. Sang all day too. At dawn a second one sang and no.1 came across the street, apparently to drive it away. Drove to Pomona to dinner & to San Dimas (Vorhis Chapel) at 5 p.m. Beautiful weather. Returned to L.A. in evening. Mosler was quiet when we arrived 9 p.m. but began soon after 10 and was singing every time I walked. July 8. Mockingbird still singing when we left at 10am. Other birds nearby- Black Phoebe, Goldfinch, Brown Blackbird and Linnet. Palos Verdes for dinner then across via Sepulveda & Ladera Ave to the Riviera. Started north at 4 p.m. and reached Ste. Maria for the night. Windy north of Santa Barbara until we turned inland. July 9. Cool again in Salinas Valley. Stopped at Carmel to see Mrs. Ferguson. Boulder Creek 8 p.m. July 10. Birds still singing: Thrush, Purple Finch, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Pit Wren, Ash-Throated Flycatcher heard. Returned to Berkeley for July 11. Beautiful weather - Last Brahms concert. July 12. A Cebaniss Woodpecker went through the garden. July 13. An oriole in the garden