During performance of Trojan Women in Lk. Theater in evening a pair of Barn Owls flew back and forth from central door way where Jim evidently stood with snide young in a nest. April 8. Very cold. Snow on Temescal Pts. Rain at 3 p.m. in Berkeley. Dial giving guard whistle in early morning. April 9. Still very cold. Cloudy with rain in afternoon. Went out to Perrine's Nursery to buy plants. Many Golden-crowned Sparrows in full plumage - singing. Ticeolated Warbler singing near our house. Nest of Iridescent Warbler apparently complete. April 10 - Sunday. Clear with chilly wind. Set out plants. Hermite Thrush on table eating fat. April 11 - Warmer - but still cold - frost in early morning - all birds singing. Pair of Vesper Meadowlarks entered Titmouse box. Two eggs in Iridescent Warbler's nest. Townsend Warblers, Fox Sparrows, Juncos and L-c Knights still here. Apr. 12. At home - Fox & Sp-juncos, N-Thrush, Knight, Willow Woodpeckers, Tolmie W., Sil-Warbler, Nut-Warbler, Song Spar. Br.Nk. : Sp-Trosher, Stellar Jay, Cal. Jay, Titmouse. Robin singing on Panoramic Way - 17 species. At 10 a.m. Started to Alameda. Reached Ferneide Marsh at 11:10 a.m. Tide just beginning to go out. About 8 Willets on point waiting, several Curlews came in. From then on flocks and single birds kept coming in, following the tide as it went out. Estimated 30 Hudsonian Curlews, 20 Bonitchers, 30 Willets, 100+ Sandpipers, 10-12 Bonaparte Gulls, 15-12 Forster Terns, (fishing off shore). Excellent light and birds concentrated in small area. Bay is no attention to no., to trains or autos - plus in alarm.