April 1992 Journal Salt River, south west of Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona. April 8 97th and 115th Avenues on the N. bank of the Salt. The channel was (Cont) flooded. The bridge to the reservation at 115th Ave. was under water! The gallery woodland appeared potentially satisfactory for goldfinches. There was a pretty even mix of Fremont Cottonwoods and silt cedars (Tamarix). The cottonwoods were 12-25 feet tall, approx 40-60" dbh; the silt cedars were 10-20 feet tall. Any understory was underwater, as the river was confined by gravelly - boulderly shores devoid of plant life. The adjacent fields were devoted to agricultural crops, & a few dry fallow fields grown to mixed bush & grass, too littery mostly dry. I saw finches, and no goldfinches. Only the white-tailed kite at 115th Ave. was notable. I hope to check this place again at a time of lower water. I visited from 06:15 - 10:00. I spent the remainder of the day in Phoenix area bookstores before returning to California in the evening via Interstate 10. Day Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, near Riverside, California. Bernardina St., California. Elevation 2800 ft. April 9 I arrived here from Phoenix (via Interstate 10, turning N. at Etiwanda Avenue exit and following this road to its end at an E-W oriented gravel road. This I followed W. for about a mile, then turned N. on another gravel road (some of the gravel roads are signed). This road is gated, and finding this gate in the dark reassured me that I was indeed where I intended to be. Again I stayed in my car a few hours until it was light enough to hike into the canyon with a flashlight. I visited Day Canyon from 06:30 to 11:30, after which I visited my in-laws briefly in Duarte, then returned home to Sacramento. See April 7 account for detailed description.