Morning Doves, Snail, Bewarring Crows, Cal. Woodpecker Farther on in the Pass we sawa Turkey Buzzard and Y-t. Magpie and at the eastern end several Red-Tailed Hawks and one hawk with very red underparts and blunter wings (no space between primaries)- possibly a Red-Bellied Hawk. Western Bluebirds and Horned Larks and Laguli Bunting, Ornisio and Meadow Larks were abundant. Also, W. Kingbirds and a few Kildeer. At Los Banos we stopped at the Oberon Hotel. May 15-Saturday. We drove toward the San Joaquin River about three miles- Much of the land that was under water in 1923 was drained but found much overflowed land South of the highway. Found Mr. Roswell S. Wheeler and family and a young Mr. Cole in the marsh collecting sets of eggs- Kildeer, Stilts, Coots and Black Terns - They showed us many nests. One pair of Arosets was present and many Forster Terns - In nearby territory we found a Bittern, Y-t. Blue & Black-Crowned Night Herons, Elvis, Pintail and Cinna- montial - The Coots nests were large, made of grasses woven together and contained 7-9 eggs. The Stilts nests were built up on mud platforms were form and usually contained 4 eggs. 1 nest contained two eggs, one young just emerging from shell and 1 young bird in the water near the nest. Kildeers nests were on dry ground, simply a depression in the grasses - 1 contained 2 eggs, 1,3 eggs. The Black Terns nests were on floating platforms and contained 2 eggs, heavily spotted with brown. Under the bridge were many nests of Barn Swallows -; An empty Shrikes nest in Willow near the bridge. In another Willow across the canal