Brewer Blackbirds in droves. Crows very abt. Many Ann. Egrets & Blue Herons. Coots. Felt more quite green. The eye showed some red. A group of Tri-colored Redwing were in the standing Tules. They twitched their tails constantly. In the folded wing only the white showed. The females looked much smaller and were heavily streaked. At Marsh Creek we lunch near a swollen stream on this cross-road to Livermore. Very warm - (the sun melted the chocolate on some candy). Lark Sparrows, Tribunes, Varied Thrushes etc seen a pigeon hawk flew from tree where stuffed At San Pablo Reservoir; not counted 65 American Merganser, five males - They did a great deal of splashing. One Ring-necked Duck, a few Puddle. Many & Far. Comorants, 1 W. Grebe, 7 Pied-b. Grebes, a few Canada Geese. (no Pintails seen) 1 Ann. Egret, several Blue Herons. Along the way Shrikes, Sparrow Hawks Meadowlarks, Robins (everywhere), Linnets (some singing). Feb. 1-11 Rain except for two or three days. Feb. 8. We drove to Santa Cruz - very little rain. On the West Cliff tide was very high and no birds except one bunch of Sand- erling, gulls on the water, a few Commo- rants and Scoters. At Boulder Creek we found a huge live oak near Mr. Windleble's barn had fallen and closed our road. Sparrow Hawks abundant along the highway. In Alameda pools - Coots, Yellowlegs, Pintails, Bk. Plover