Nov.16,17. Boulder Creek. Cloudy with snow/rain. Not cold. Madrone berries ripe - Birds very abundant. Every so many flying among the trees as we drove in - probably Varied Thrush. Near cottage: Flicker, Kingfisher, Chickadees, Hermit Thrush, Br. & Sp. Towhees. Hutton Vireo (singing), Rc. Knglet?, V. Wren. Nov.18. N.W. wind. Clear. Berkeley. Nov.28. Cloudy. A real winter aggregation came for food or water. Three quail - two males in the abalone shell together eating rye flakes & bread crumbs. (One Flicker in oak, immature-(no mustaches). Black Crescent.) Calif. Jay and later a Coast Jay at the pool. A Titmouse high in the oak. A whole flock of Bushtits after the Cal. Jay and Flicker had gone. Many in the pool at once. A wren-tit went into the pool with the Bushtits. A Thrasher battled (first bird seen in the pool) a long time while a Spotted Towhee kept near, awaiting his turn. As soon as the thrasher left he began bathing. A female in sight at the same time. One Hermit Thrush at the beginning of the fifteen minutes of watching. After the Bushtits left Three Knglets came to the pool together - but flying at each other. A Brown Towhee, two Song Sparrows and Three Fox Sparrows were coming and going all the time. Nov.23. Went to Boulder Creek for the day. Cold N.W. wind. Near the cottage three were great numbers of Varied Thrushes feeding on madrone berries. I have never seen so many before. Many Hermit Thrushes also. Bird pool frozen. Chukar Timber alive at 7 a.m. 26° (Lincolnshire.) On the way home after dark the eye of a dead cat on highway reflected our head lights.