are much less abundant - great spaces of mud with no birds at all. Long-tailed Curlew and Bb. Plover - the most abundant species; many of the plover in full plumage. At Dunn- Bridges I did not see swallows though last week I saw a few Clips. There. Tires at the west end I saw a W. Grebe and a full plumaged Golden-eye Duck close together. Eared Grebes are much reduced in numbers; many in breeding plumage - List: Western & Eared Grebes, St. Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron (1 at Mt. View Marsh); Shovellers, Pintail (1), Ann. Goldeneye (2); Turkey Buzzard, Redtail, Sparrow Hawk, Pheasant (5) crossed the road just in front of the car near Alvarado; Clapper Rail (3); Bb. Plover (eb.); Mule Deer several; Long-tailed Curlew 30+ (one E. end of Dunn); Hudsonian Curlew 1; Willet 50+; (no Godwits); Greater Yellowlegs (Alvarado) Lesser Yellowlegs (Mt. View); Least, Redback (some in breeding plumage), Western at Mt. View - not ab.; √ Bectoral Dendrjiper: a little smaller than the Lesser yellowlegs, white stripe over eye, buffy wash on chest, legs greyish-yellow; did not bob] (No Dovitchers); Awolet 1 at Mt. V.; Bullo (sp?); Mourning Dove (1 near Alvarado); Kingfisher heard at B.; Calif. Woodpecker (catching insects at B.; Flicker Black Phoebe, W. Flycatcher, Swallows (Sq.?); high - 3+ at Boulder Creek; Coast T Calif. Jay, Titmouse (Savoy) Chickadees (flocks at B.C.); Bush Tit (flock at B.C.); Blyrmy Nuttallatch (2 heard at B.C.); Calif. Creeper, X Vesper Wren building a nest in the redwood box at B. Never finished.