1942 Sept. 17. Boulder Creek. Quite cold at 7 a.m. Clear, warm all day- Water Angel singing below cottage off and on all day. Hilton Vires, Rb. Thrush, Pyg. Wnithatch, Chickadee, Kingfisher. Sp. Towhee very ragged - head almost bald (young) Brown Towhees have finished molt. Sept. 18. Warmer night. Clear, beautiful weather- Sun behind trees on river bluff early a.m.- Rb. Thrush early, Angel c. 7:30 a.m. Heard juncos near cottage 2 p.m. Have seen more at the table all summer. Sept. 19. Heard the whisper song of a Townsend Warbler, repeated several times. Saw one (yellow throat) with chickadee. Heard whisper song of Purple Finch. Sept. 20. Purple Finch again, Bush: the ice garden. m- Hot day, Virgin Wren, late p.m. Rb. Thrush, etc. Sept. 21. Songs heard: Creeper (twice), Purple Finch, esp. 3:10 p.m. to 3:35 with hardly a stop, Sotto voce- Calls: Rb. Thr., Trons. W., Robin. Chickadee, Water Angel, Pyg. Wnithatch, Black Phoebe, Cal. Jay- An Anthony Green Heron flew over. Hot p.m. Sept. 22. Returned to Berkeley. D. nubarton Bridge; 600+ White Pelicans. Eared Grebes <, Pintails < No Fodder Terns. Many more Rb. Flower, Willet-< Sandp. < Very few avocets. Hulls < N. Phalaropes > No Swallows- 60 lb. Curlews, a few H. Curlew - most of them on mud in marshes at West end. Female Rm. Pheasant crossed road at Auto Race Track