a thousand Black Turnstones. There may have been Reddies too but the light was not bright enough To make sure. They were calling as there was quite a Babel of sounds. When they alighted they did so with a hovering motion. They must have been forced to alight by the strong gale last night - much stronger down the peninsula than in Berkeley. Trees were blown down at Saratoga and up the Congress Springs road to the Summit. Other birds seen at the bridge were Eared Grebes, W. Least & Red-b. Sandpipers, Forster's Tern, Madrone berries were red. At the summit a huge flock of Pine Siskins flew over (500t). Nov. 4. Lady Birds went to Dinnabaration Bridge. The Turnstones were gone but we saw Avocets (15±), Lesser Yellowlegs 2, Willets (few), many Least and Red-backed Sandpipers and a few Western, many Bonaparte's Gulls, Am. Eared Grebes many. Igrets 45±. While Belicans 30-45. Near Newark we saw a Snowy Plover, near Alvarado a field filled with Killdeer and Black-bellied Plovers (100±), near the Leslie Salt works west of Alvarado Egrets, Pintails, and a few Broadbills, and at The Garden City Goose Club- thousands of ducks Pintails, Mallards, Sponwills mainly. The Keeper had just shot a Duck Hawk, which he gave us to "save". Weather clear. cols. Heavy frost in morning. At Bamburg only two ducks were seen. A group of men were there. One told us that they were just getting the ponds in condition - that there was no natural food there for the ducks. At the Garden City Club The water was turned in several months ago and there was an abundance of natural food. This club is owned by eleven men, Mr. Ghirardelli is one of them. I suppose the richer club can