1926 Berkeley, Aug. 8, 9, 10 - Cold, foggy. Baby quail of two ages in our flock. 1 fam-ily of smaller ones - Come always for water. A few of larger ones come on to feeding table. Flock of 12 (5 females, 1 with [illegible]) come together every day - have hitherto not succeeded in raising young. Probably the activity of university workmen in cutting out brush for fence-building disturbed some nests. Also cats. Aug. 13. Summer visitors heard: Russit-backed Thrush at dawn. Brospeak, Warbling Vireo, Lutescent and Tolmie Warblers. Aug. 15. Thrasher sang at dawn for a long time - weather cool; foggy night & morning. Aug. 16. S.V. seen or heard today: House Wren singing at dawn (first time I have heard one near the house this year); Russit-backed Thrush; Pileolated and Lutescent Warblers; Thrasher sang again about 9 a.m. Foggy till nearly noon. Aug. 20. Sum. vis. heard: Tolmie Warbler, Lutescent Warbler, Russit-b. Thrush. Thrasher imitates Olive-sided Flycatcher - quality of tone exact but note not as loud and repeated consecutively two or three times in the middle of the usual song thus: To-rhee-0 / whip-it-now pee-hew, pee-hew, pee-hew, dorothy etc. Hutton Vireo heard. Aug. 21. Mr. Kibble passed away after two weeks illness - apoplexy - Many robins came into canyon to roost. Purple Finches giving robin-like note. Warm. Aug. 22, 23 very warm. A new bird table replaced the old one. Though made of new light colored pine, the birds came as usual - Towhees, Titmouses, Quail. One brood of smallest quail reduced from 10 to 3. Other brood - larger size - nearly full grown.