1944 Creeper(s) (paired I think), Purple Finches singing. No summer visitors. W.V. Henrietta Flusky Mar.20 Turkey Buzzard, North wind. Mar.21. Frost. Thin ice on pool. Warm day. Black Phoebe (pr? near river.) Berie Nashi Cherry in full bloom. A flock of Quail under bushes all day. 10-12 (Heard a R.C. Nightingale sing in afternoon.) A Water Wren singing near river for sometime in afternoon. A turkey buzzard circling high from south toward Ben Lomond Mt. Mar.22. Returned to Berkeley. No Cliff Swallows. No S.V. in mountains. Panners in blossom. At Deer Bridge: Tide very low. West end: Br. Plow, Lt. Cinders, Willets a few Sandpipers. Ruddy Ducks - 2 Cranes. Egrets. On bay W. Bieben at.; at tide line Willets, 30+ miles of Sandpipers (no stop). E. end: Avocets (nesting area); Eared Grebes 200+; Ducks, Bluebills, Shovelers >; Ruddy ducks numerous. Mar.23. Lut. Warbler singing (Berkeley) near home. (Females louder than males?) Many "chip" heard before Mar. 18, no songs. Heavy storms end of Feb. & early March. Mar.24. Townsend Warbler singing. Clear, chilly. Frost on calves' shed. Early a.m., Mar.24,25,26 Mar.27. J.T.A. counted 15 dudel in road. Wind at night Cakes in new leaf.