1941 May 3. Clearing. We drove to Boulder Creek. Cloudy Rain at night. Bonaparte Gulls following tractor. May 4: Cloudy, no rain during the morning. At dawn Spotted Towhee, Russet-backed Thrush (whis this only - no song). Later Western Flycatcher and calls "Trickler Trickle - Che-bec" repeated. Songs during wood River Morning the morning: Junco, Creeper, Black-throated- and Gray Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Chestnut Warbler, Cassin's Finch, Hermit Thrush (in the usual place - on the slope of Bear Mountain, across the highway from our cottage.) Black-headed Grosbeak (continuous, varied song). Purple Finch, W.Tanager, Ash-throated Flycatcher alighted on the electric wire and called and caught insects. No Olive-sided Flycatcher near the cottage but one called after in the town: A pair of Creepers were in the redwoods at the entrance several times - the male singing. The pair of Black-throated Gray Warblers came into the bath that overhangs the garage and the female seemed to disappear in the tall redwood back of the house. Their "chips" were heard several times during the morning. The song was always Zee-ple, Zee-ple, Zee-ple, Zee-ple, Zea-le - rising scale. May 5: Still cloudy and threatening but no rain. A family of Lutecent Warbler was The "Allen Runners" went to the Silverado Trail near Napa. At the same spot east of Napa on a stream where we have stopped on trips to Clear Lake we found a grand collection of birds and a chorus of songs.