July 11. Quite hot. Mrs Gladding and I walked up the county road & River Glen. On Oliver sided Flycatcher on the tip of a high redwood, an Ash throat about half way up on a lateral branch near the main trunks of a redwood about 100yds. away. Young Towagers heard - also adults. Family of Storks in Former West's place beyond River Glen. Running bird (sp.?!) chased a Coast Jay. Cassin and W. Thrush heard. Thrasher singing near Cow prairie will above the road. In the afternoon I was watering the dogwood near the garage when a flock of Chickadees and a Bil. Warbler came into the cisterns. First the Warbler came to the edge of the basin, then a chickadee. Then two chickadees alighted in the dogwood (3ft. high) I could have touched them they were so near to me. The young Brown Thrushes are gone and a pair come to the table for oatmeal. Mrs G. saw one take some fine grasses (building a nest?) July 12. On the way home we stopped at Dimberton Bridge. Many Phalaropes - some showed red on neck - in the salt pools (200+); a few small flocks of sand pipers; 12-15 Willets - 15-20 Avocets (no young seen. Adults not expected when we stopped.) A few small Terns in distance (Pontins?); many Cliff Swallows at Alvarado Pools. I saw an Anhinga Green Heron near the tiles on the east side of the road and when we drove on it was perched on a fence post. Killdeer, 1 female pleasant (Sugar Factory), Cliff and barn Swallows. A whistled peeping in distance (a nest note?!) may have been y.g. pheasants.