1939 Gustin Trees above which we could see the Egrets swarming. A Sight-Seeing bus was parked and the students from San Jose College were just returning from their visit to the colony under the guidance of Mr. Gayle Pictwells. The birds were much excited. After we had been there a little while we found one man in the top of one of the cottonwoods, (probably taking photographs). Many of the Egrets were in a meadow beyond the canal- Lrio counted about 64 all told. After some waiting on our part some of them settled again on their nests. A boy who had climbed one of the trees told us most of the nests he looked into contained eggs only but one contained two eggs and one baby bird, the baby in downy plumage was dead on the ground. Nests looked very flimsy from the ground. When the birds settled on the nests the Egrets spread out beyond the other patterns and made a beautiful covering filmy as spun glass. I did not see the Lewis Woodpeckers. We drove on to Los Banos and visited the flooded meadows beyond the Game Refuge. At first very few birds were seen but when we got out of the car they left their nests and flew about expediently. Miss Gladding waded through our section and found three nests - probably of stilts - one containing 3 eggs, one 4 and