1643 as I was leaving at 9:30 A.M., Neo started the ball rolling by opening up at the SH pine; responses were coming as I drove away. On returning at 1 P.M., Julio stated that there were many thrashers and much song, "four or five birds", during my absence. Neo was singing from the SH pine when I got back. I could hear him long before I reached this place and a couple of hundred yards from here; I had seen a thrasher flying in this direction. When Neo stopped singing talk followed in the adjoining pine. About 9 A.M. Rhody had followed me to get his mouse: a very small one. Instead of going away he stood by quietly and was given the mouse he was waiting for and it quickly followed the first. About 3 P.M. he came for another small mouse. This disposed of, he waited until I gave him another. At 4:20 he went up to his house No.2 in the eucalyptus tree. It seemed probable that he might again repeat his earlier action under similar conditions and go finally to No. 1; so I made several visits to No.2 to see if he had left. However, he remained there. September 14th. Opening thrasher song heard to the west, close to the house, at 5:25 A.M. Thereafter, during most of the forenoon, there was a confusion of song, mostly to the west and south, Neo occasionally returning here to sing from his favored posts. As a rule the songs when the birds seemed to be intent upon each other were not full throated and were not of the highest excellence. I did not go down to locate them. Rhody did the usual things and, in addition, showed a streak of laziness (?) when being given mice. Thus, he was not satisfied with one small mouse and waited for me to give him a second, but when that one proved very active and ran away, Rhody watched it run off indifferently, making no effort to catch it or to find it--although he saw where it had hidden itself--but waited for me to get him another. This I did. On returning from an absence, I found him, at 4:30 P.M., already in his house 2 and he remained there. September 15th. Yesterday's notes could almost be used for today. Thrasher song came from the west of the house at 5:30 A.M. and, again, was confined mostly to the west and south, this time, however, well into the afternoon, Neo returning at times to sing from his sanctum, dig in the garden, come to me for worms. Most of the time he appeared to be alone. Rhody again allowed the second mouse to escape and, instead of trying to catch it, waited for me to give him another. He entered his house 2 at 4:15 P.M. but at 5 (67°) had left for No. 1. September 16th. (Sunrise 5:51; sunset 6:18). 11:15 A.M. The day opened heavily clouded with threat of rain--sun just now breaking through. I was awake long before I heard the first thrasher song: close by to the west--at 5:30 A.M. and fairly dark. Song shifted to the garden for about 3 hours, then to the west lot where it again R's roosting time, 4:20 P.M.