1938 Oct. 6. Shower 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Soon after the skies cleared I saw a Cooper Hawk fly past the bath room windows. When clear of the trees it began to rise in circles until I could barely see it; then I caught a glimpse of a flight southward when it disappeared entirely. Sometimes it flapped its wings at two points in the circle, sometimes once and sometimes it almost com- pleted a second circle before flapping - I suppose it took from 5-7 minutes to rise to a height of 1200-1500 ft. Golden crowned Sparrows increasing. Oct. 8. I saw a Hermit Thrush at the pool. Oct. 9. Boulder Creek. A King Fisher was rattling. Purple Finches sang sotto voce. Byny Wrenhatchers heard, Hermit Thrush "chuck-chuck"-ed. On the way home we drove through the Big Basin where I heard a W. Winter Wren at the dam. At Dun- barton Bridge Willows were abundant. I saw six Rails. The Red Grouse were very abundant but I saw no Phalaropes and no Dumbies. The Thousand Cedars were very striking with the sun shining on them. There were many Topler Terns.