1942 Jan. 31 Feb. 1. Prof. & Mrs. Carl Blegen met with us to Boulder Creek. Cloudy but no rain. At Drumbarter Bridge I saw no Eared Grebes. Several groups of ducks were noticed - some Shovelers, others Pintails, Willets and Sandpipers numerous. Feb. 1. Aquatic Parks - a number of Foster Peru Ducks ab. Ruddy, Bluebill, Golden Eyes esp. Feb. 2-7 - rain most of the time. Hutton Vires singing Feb. 7. Aquatic Parks. 1 adult male Red-breasted Merganser - very dashing. His crest feathers often blew forward in the wind. It used both his red bill and his red feet & preen. Bluebill ate water his white breast feathers - awake - 4 inches long. Feb. 8. J.T.d. and I went to Boulder Creek - Clear day after weeks of rain. At the Colorado Pools - (very extensive) - thousands of shore birds - esp. Rb. Clover, Killdeer, Dowiteter, Godwits, Sandpipers. Many coots, some ducks in distance. Heard two Yellowthroats. Meadowlarks singing. In the mountains; Sp. Hawk, Sh. Sh. Hawk, Kingfisher, Chickadee, Pygmy Wethalate, Creeper, Townsend Warbler, Hermit Thrush noticed. At Felton Camp Evers Audubon Warblers. Feb. 10. Faculty Bird Group on Campus. Clear, warm. In the Eucalyptus grove and banks of creek; Varied Thrushes 8-10; Bushtits, R.c. Knights, Ner. Thrush, Song Sparrows (one on each side of creek singing - pair seen on right bank), Aud. Warbler, Brown and Sp. Towhee, Fox Sparrow. Across main drive: F. Robin str., Nuttall Sp.(full song) Purget Sd. Sp.(flute), G-c Sp.(flute)