March 18. We went to Boulder Creek and spent the night. Weather warm, growing cloudy in afternoon. After lunch Miss Stadding and I went to Santa Cruz and looked for birds on the West Cliff Drive. Warm night. March 19. Boulder Creek. Warm and cloudy. Spring house cleaning. On the way home we stopped at Mt. View Marsh where I found birds very much decreased in numbers - not more than a tenth as many as on Feb. 4 and a quarter as many as on Feb. 18. The list for the two days follows: W. Grebes 20 at S.Cruz; Eared Grebes 50 at Drumbar Cormorants at . . . ; Am. Egrets 2 " Shovelers 6 jrs. at Alvarado ponds; very few at Mt. View. Paintails 4 at Mt. View; Surf Scoters 4 at S.Cruz; Lesser Scaup 20 at Santa Cruz. Merlins (Feb.?)- in the surf with a Surf Scoter at S.Cruz - both in brown plumage. Turkey Vultures 1 in S.Cruz.Wts., 5 at Alvarado. Hawks (sp.?)(see below); Duel in Wts.; Cheasant below Alvarado; Clapper Rails 2 Mt. View; B.B. Clover, fairly abundant - 6 in full plumage. Killdeer - a pair withdrew very quietly when I got out of the car on a bluff at S.Cruz. Black Turnstones - 6 at Santa Cruz with Sanderling Longbilled Curlew - 15 at Mt. View. Hudsonian Curlew - 2 " Willets 50+ . . . , Some at Drum. Lesser Yellowlegs 2 "