1938 Jan. 31 Raining. Continued through week. Feb. 5. Still raining. Blizzards in Sneeran. Snow on Mt. Diablo. Winter birds increasing. Shovellers Mt Edm Feb. 12. Still raining continuously. Spotted. Towhees have been heard giving a whisper Song as he hopped about on ground. Throater heard at times - more Highways closed. Near Lake Knoll (Feb. 11) a lake 3ft deep and covering two or three acres crossed the highway. Feb. 13-15 Still raining Feb. 16 Clearing Feb. 18 Another heavy rain - Feb. 19 Clearing. Went to Boulder Creek. Santa Cruz. Commorants, Gulls, Seaters. Freedom. Feb. 20 Beautiful sunny day. Sun reaches Cottage. Creeper singing. Varies Truist & Hermit Sniping. Feb. 21 Berkeley. Light rain early. Clear later. A flock of Purple Finches came in - all Singing. Siskins, guses. Spotted Towhee in full song. Feb. 22. Heavy fog early; high fog until 3 p.m. Clear. Warm. Went with Miss Gladding and Mr. & Mrs. Givin to Mt. View Marsh, Palo Alto Yacht Harbor, Dumb Bridge, a little way on road from Mt. Edouard S. Mates Bridge, Bay Farm Island and Lake Merriett. Tides at Mt. View was too far out for best birding but many were seen. (No rails) List: Western Grebe - 2 (bed - Dumb. Cared Grebe Dune. (2005), Lake Merriett 10+ Fulvellow Cormorant. (1) yacht / harbor St. Blue Heron - 3 - Dumb & Yacht / harbor