1940 American Egrets were conspicuous, to seen. Spoonbills - two groups 36+; Gulls, esp. Ringbills and Bonapartes; An abundance of Redbacks, Western Sandpipers, Dovetilers, Willetts, B.b. Clover, Godwits; Also a number of Longbilled and Hudsonian Curlews and Avocets. I did not see any Yellowlegs. Probably three were Least Sandpipers but I did not see them through my glass. The low lying fog and the fact that I had broken my bifocals made it hard to scrutinize species closely. We had an hour at the Colleto without rain. Many seeds are up. Weather warm. They reported 9.22 in. rain since Dec. 31. We returned by the Los Gatos Highway but all the new part of the road (summit) was in the dense cloud. Heavy rain from Mission Saw goes to Oakland Berkeley. Jan. 4-10 Almost continuous heavy rain. About 7 inches; so that we are above normal. Robins are very abundant. They are clearing the colorasters of berries along the pathways- in different sections A thrasher sings continuously each morning near the house. Jan. 11 Still raining. Jan. 12, Wind changed to N.W. Clouds broken. Since weather was apparently changing we packed up and started to Los Angeles. We went first to Boulder Creek where we found they had had 2.8 inches of rain. After lunch and a few minutes at the