1942 May 30. Boulder Creek. May 31 until 1 p.m. A female Grosbeak came to table to eat cherries (oatmeal). A pair of Brown Towhees took food & young in a nest in rocks rose behind the rose trellis. The male sang frequently - which seems to support the theory that the male sings only when he has no mate. This male would not allow a Coast Jay to come to the table and drove it away from the trees near the porch. Was it a particularly bold jay or a cowardly jay? Perhaps both. The jay retreated as soon as he saw the jay Towhee approaching, even before the Towhee gave any sign of having seen the jay. I saw a male Towhee and heard it frequently. I saw two Vaux Swifts circling above the tops of the trees near the cottage. Also a Violet-green Swallow. A robin stopped long enough to give its calls. Chickadees and Warbling Vireos scolded the jay whenever he came into the redwoods back of the cottage. Investigated the nesting box on the fence on the northern boundary. As I touched the box a bright wood rat ran out from the hole. When I opened the top > found a well-formed nest, no soft lining, green fringe of clematis and madrone at the sides - no babies. Took the box to Berkeley. A pair of Yellow Warblers conspicuous at Joy Camp. A pair of quail near porch - male took food from table (oatmeal). At the Alvarado Pools; in deep channel N.43 of P.R. - a male American Merganser and several male Cinnamon Teal. One stilt flies across to the northern ponds where a male demonstrated brooding wing etc. Avocets and more C.Teal - A Shrike up the road! Lobelia in quantity.