1938. Jan. 1. Boulder Creek. Cloudy, warm, no frost: Worms in the garden. Heard Bristols, Purple Finches, Chickadees, Towhees (Brown & Spotted) and a warbler with a very light "chip". Left at 2 p.m. for Berkeley. Stopped at Mountain View Marsh. Tide was right but atmosphere very murky so visibility was poor. Birds were very abundant. Black-bellied Plover - ab. Long-billed Curlews - not so many. (10+) Hudsonian Curlew - (10+) W. Willet (ab.) Least Sandpiper (ab.) Dunlin (ab.) Western Sandpiper (ab) Godwits (ab.) 40+ near highway. Dowitchers - very abundant. The three Sandpipers and Dowitchers were the most numerous. When a bird made a popping noise in passing, great numbers of these smaller birds flew up - several hundred. The larger birds were more, cattered and many of them were more numerous out in the deeper water at a distance from the highway. Not sufficient light to detect a Yellowlegs - heard no calls to indicate this presence. Leslie Salt Sign has disappeared