Drove on to Pomona and Claremont. Dec. 29. Spent the day in Claremont. Drove with hus to orange groves in N. Pomona. Trees heavily laden but fruit small this year. Nards just beginning to be ripe enough to pick. In afternoon took Mabel & Clarence to ride - through Uplands and into Canyon as far as butterfly house. Saw no unusual birds- only Cal. Jays, Spotted Towhees, Song Sparrows. After dinner (night), drove to Los Angeles. Dec. 30. Went to Pasadena in morning to see Miss O'Conner who seemed much better. In afternoon went to see the new U.C.L.A. buildings; four almost completed. Much interested in the new combinations of bricks of unusual sizes, and concrete blocks of stone. Also colored tile and moulded concrete trim. Very warm. Dec. 31. Started home, leaving L.A. about 11 a.m. Lunch at Ventura. Very warm. At Santa Barbara (2:30 p.m. 80°), I stopped a few minutes to watch a bunch of some 300 Sanderting asleep on the dry sand above tidal line - Each bird stood on one foot, with its bill tucked under its wing. Occasionally one would wake up and hop about on one foot, bobbing up and down. When a gull flew, a number hopped off a few feet, then went to sleep again. About a hundred other sanderting were running before the waves and feeding as they always do. Also about 100 snowy plovers,