91 limer in the water early to encourage the food and so get the ducks - Nov. 5. Warmer. Nov. 6. Warmer. Heard Varied Thrush, Thrasher, Willow Goldfinch, Bluebirds while I was walking outside. Nov. 9. Boulder Creek. Night very cold; Madrone berries not quite ripe. Nov. 10. Heavy frost but when sun came up it was delightfully warm. At Dumbarton Bridge (Nov. 9) there were very many Eared Grebes (300+), a few Egrets (6-8), very few Bonaparte's Gulls, some Sandpipers. Tide very high. Nov. 11 Berkeley. Cold but 20° warmer than at Boulder Cr. Nov. 12. Gave talk at Rockridge Woman's Club. Cloudy a.m. Clear by night. Nov. 13. Heard House Wren again. Also W.W. Went S. good Nov. 16. Varied Thrush song about 7 a.m. Cloudy, warm. Nov. 20. A W. Gnatcatcher spent several minutes in the oak trees east of house. Bluebirds near. Nov. 21. Heard House Wren again. Nov. 27-30. Very mild. Dec. 2. Lady Birds wait at Stage's Leap & Benicia - Dule fog very dense at Carquinez Bridge at 10 a.m. Near Vallejo several hundred Willow Goldfinches were perched on electric wires, all twittering. Some dropped to the roof of a garage and picked the gravel from the patent roofing. A huge flock of Blackbirds covered the wires in nine sections from pole to pole - a small portion of them formed a veritable cloud when they flew. A number of hawks seen: [illegible], Marsh Hawk (gray plumage), Sparrow Hawk, and one Ferruginous (probably) also a Turkey Buzzard. In an orchard were many Robins. W. Blue