1606 At 4:21 Rhody jumped up to a baccharis branch two feet from the ground and resumed his wary pose. I left and returned at 4:36, finding him exactly as he was when I left. At 4:45 he dropped down to the trail, walked with extreme care along it 10 feet toward the ladder-tree. Another period of watchfulness followed, with occasional glances up into the tree and preliminary crouchings as if to fly up. At 5:02 he did go up, then: 5:09, first move on route to his house, 5:09½, second, 5:15½, third, 5:18¼, fourth, 5:18⅔, fifth, 5:20, sixth, 5:21, seventh, and last, to the roost tree, followed by entering the house. I had seen no hawks since the red-tail, but his actions indicated some sort of a fright had been received. At 6:30 the mystery was perhaps solved when Julio told me that, when I left to get the car a "hawk came back and sat on the fence where Rhody was wiping his bill and I nearly hit him with a rock." Jan. 29th. There was rain last night, but the day dawned sunny and cloud less and remained so. There was early thrasher song here, but not much. Broken- wings sang loudly in his territory until about 11 A.M.; thereafter little was heard from him. Neo was not seen here until 10:30, when he announced his ar- rival with full song. His mate was with him and, at any time during the day up to 5 P.M. (and perhaps later) he could be found at or within 40 feet of his preserve on the south bank. Although he respon- ed freely to all invitations to come and get worms and meat, he was distinctly averse to taking food from hand, in fact would not do it. His mate was somewhat tamer than usual, coming much closer than here- tofore. She does not care much for hamburger, but likes to eat soft- food from the dish. She still looks like the larger bird and, I judge, older and more sophisticated. There was no song by Neo after 10:30 A.M. Rhody was first seen at his post on the west lot at about 9:3 A.M., sang repeatedly when urged and thereafter, a few times on his own initiative. At 1 P.M. he had taken up a strategical position in the garden where he could not fail to observe my movements if I came out of the house and was eager for a "hand-out", rattle-booing on seeing me, quite satisfied with the large piece of meat which he took from my fingers. After this, until 4:30 P.M., he "rested" in the orchard, then started for his night roost, observing infinite pre- cautious against attack, as it seemed. He did not make his first jump to the ladder tree until a little after 5 o'clock (actually at 1 minute and 48 seconds after 5. I timed him accurately because I suspected that he was going to repeat yesterday's time very closely, and it will be seen that there was only a difference of a few seconds Probably a purely accidental circumstance). Jan. 30th. There was early thrasher song to the east, south and west and but momentary song near the house. At 9:30 A.M., partly cloudy, south-east wind, 50°.