1942 (Oct. 18/cont.) On the way home. Dimbarton Bridge. Tide out - West end: Long-billed Curlew 60-70; Sandpipers Willets, Bb. Clover. East end: Eared Grebes 200-300; Coots 8-10; N. Phalaropes 200+ in first pool north. Then Willets, Redbilled Sandpipers (first), Least Terns (?); then Avocets 350+. South side of road: 1st Blue Heron, 1 Black-cw. Night Heron, 20+ Cn. Egrets, 30-40 Terns - Almost no gulls. Hunters - no ducks; or pelicans. A few pipits. Many gulls 300-400 in field near Alvarado. Berkeley. Mound Owls were heard during the night. It sounded like a group, calling to each other. (Oct. 20. Still warm. No wind. Faculty Bird Seekers took its first trip on the lower campus: Sh.d.(?) Hawk Flickers (several), Flicker (flock), Calef-jayab., Busk-tit fl. Red-br. Nuthatch, 2, Robins ab., Hermit Thrush heard, Aud. Warblers ab., Cedar Waxwings flock, Purple Finch 2, Siskins (several), Mt. Goldfinch, Br. Towhee ser., Sp.T. ser., Nuttall Df.-ab., Picket Dd.-ab., G.c. Sparrow, Juncos, Song Df. At home - 3:45 p.m. - I was on the sleeping porch and happened to look up into the sky above the roof. A large bird was flying southward; dark brown, very long, broad, wings. As it turned its head alone out white. Tail light. (Bald Eagle?) Near our house I heard a Red-br. Nuthatch and W. Winter Wren. A Sparrow Hawk at tip of McBride. Oct. 21. Still warm - no wind. Oct. 23, 23. Heavy fog. Went to Boulder Creek Oct. 23, p.m Oct. 24. Cloudy all day, Oct. 24 - Cloudy Bounded Oct. 25. Clear. Varied Thrushes increasing. Red-br. Nuthatch heard.