July 2. The young owl was still on the ground so Lois wrapped it in something warm and left it there before going to Boulder with us - July 3. Drove the new Buick to Boulder Creek. Light rain when we started and cloudy all day, even at Boulder Creek. July 3. Boulder Creek. Heard a loafer call several times from the large trees across the river. Now were seen near the house. July 4. A Black-Throated Gray Warbler sang beyond the garage but I could not find it. I have seen it so many times fly from the top of our high redwood across to another quite a long way off; so unless one sees it fly it is impossible to follow it unless it continues singing. Two Olive-sided Flycatchers, probably a pair, perch on the electric wire north of the cottage and dart out to catch insects. A Wood Pecker has its perch in the top of a tree in the woods west of the house. A Warbling Vireo was the first bird to sing in the morning. The thrushes is seldom singing I walked up the river along the Joy Camp Trail. A pair of thrushes flew across the creek and a family of quail was very conspicuous. Juncos and Mr. Goldfinch came often to the mushroom pool and juncos took bread from the porch floor when we were at the table there. Kingfishers are very silent but I saw one going through strange evolutionary habit in the slay -