One young male (?) Goldeneye and one Redhead was seen. The Redhead was in the crowd of ducks that came for food. At the fresh-water feeding place Buffleheads were most ab., thin Baldpates. One European Widgeon was present - unbande- No Shovelers except one small hybrid with a definite spoon-bill. A number of Wallards. Bonaparte Gulls ab., also Ring- bills and a few Glaucous-wings. One Willow Greebe was noticed and several rare Grebes - Many Farallone Cormorants and on the Island several Night Herons - As we drove home Lois spied a bird in a small garden on Chabot Rd. at the end of Broadway. It was a Virginia Rail which kept close to the foundations of the house. When it came to the front steps it climbed up over the bricks onto the steps and went across to the other side. We found it behind some manipolds against the foundation but it came out into plain sight several times before it disappeared behind a trellis in the back garden. Nov.30. Cloudy with heavy rain after lunch. About 11a.m. I watched an aggregation of birds near the pool: 3 Spotted Towhees (2.5 miles), a flock of a Townsend Warbler, juncos, 2 R.C. Titmice (one showing crown) & a Willow Woodpecker (in Los Bayel), 3 Fox Sparrows and a Song Sparrow. A note of the Varied Thrush attracts me to the window (low, single chuckle)