1939 hundreds of waders resting (high tide); the majority were gray - Willets (eg. Bld. Shoveler?) They were too far away for close identification. In the ponds next the highway above Alvarado there were great flocks of coots, many Shovelers, some Dovetitlers and Black-bellied Plover and about 8 Snipe. The snipe could be seen as they fled but after they alighted it was almost impossible to see them. Kildeer very ab. More Shovelers at Banning Out Light impossible. A warm day at Berkeley all day but cold and foggy (light) south of Haywardo. On the way home we stopped at Mrs. Keenan's, upper end of Hillcrest Rd., to see a Red-breasted Tapsucker which spends most of its time on an acacia tree just outside her kitchen window. It only siddled around the tree when we went so close (5ft.). Hundreds of old holes and many fresh ones with sap running out. Mrs. K. said a marbler came often for the sap. Feb. 24. Weather still beautiful. Thrasher, Song Sparrow, Spotted Towhee, Fox Sparrow, James's Wight and Titmouse, all singing. Feb. 25. In the afternoon I saw a female Allen Hummingbird feeding at the Cestrum Blossoms at the bottom of the Chimney.