Jan. 27. Two Fox Sparrows at feeding table. Have been very scarce all winter. Rain. Jan. 29. Clear again. 2 Fox Sp. and 2 G.C. Spar- rows came for food. Also the usual pair of titmouses, Br. & Sp. Forbes & Song Sparrows. At 10 a.m. we started to Boulder Creek - Clouds disappearing as we continued south. Reached Vine at 12:15, After lunch, had nap in sunshine at cottage. River very high and muddy. Birds more abundant than any time this winter. Varied Thrushes, Robins, Hermit Thrush, Great flocks of juncoes, Chickadees, siskins - spring songs. Jan. 30. Cloudy. Varied Thrushes singing where another - giving their single notes at many different pitches At Mc. Vire Marsh at 2:30 p.m. The tide was just right so that there were many birds near the highway. Black-bellied Plover - many single birds - Long-billed Curlew - 4 seen. "Curlew" call Whimbrel - 20? W. Willet - many single birds Least Sandpiper Western " Red-backed " Dowitchers - hundreds - Gulls abt. 100+ Godwits - 40-50 - some calling vigorously At Dumbarton Bridge - a few ducks up? Eared Grebes (200+), Two flocks of birds age ? Godwits or willets - could not identify - 3 Egrets. Cold. Cloudy. W. Fr. 5 o'clock.