appear to be nesting. Saw these 47 first 3/3. A pair in lot E. of my house. Apr. 1. Few robins around yet. Lots blue bills on bay right along & plenty scoters (Am.) in wake of broad gauge off N. and Goat Id. Apr. 6. Heard lots poor wills on road up summit. Very like the words & lone like a plover. Apr. 7. Moses Ranch. Reporter rival of a R.-C. Thrush yet. If this was not a Horned or some other birds Belding is way off when he says they don't arrive in Coast Range till May. Saw few pair Huttons T. evidently nesting but failed to find nests. Few Cliff Swallows, appear to be first arrivals. Nearly caught a Cal. Screech Owl that was sitting in a hollow willow with rats nests inside. Flew clown creek without fouling itself showing good vision! Hummers, Robins, Black Phorbes,