1929 Nov. 11 (contine) In the juniper belt in Nevada - several magpies and an American Rough-legged Hawk. The hawk flew up a few feet above the top of a low juniper, half hovered a moment, then dropped again. Very gray with much white on tail coverts & rump and on wings (perhaps underneath). Tail fan shaped. Magpies all along, especially near cattle pens - Crows also. Nov. 12 Arrived at Berkeley at 7:20 a.m. - Clear-Dry- Saw no snow in the mountains as we came through the Sierras during the night. Many shore birds along the bay - sandpipers. There has been no rain yet in California and much dry wind. Seems like late summer. Nov. 12 - 30- Very dry with frequent N. or E. wind. Fire hazards great. Birds come chiefly for water. See thrasher nearly every day at pool. Also Fox Sparrows, Hermit Thr. Wrentit, Spotted Towhee and an occasional Golden-cr. Sparrow. About Nov. 20. four Hermit thrushes came into oak tree as I was filling the bird pool. They seemed very amicable until they neared the toyon bush where one bird drove away each of the other three with great scraping of his bill. Later all four were in the oak when one bird flew toward the toyon, but the guardian flew out from the oak and drove him array. Many ducks on lagoon On Nov. 22 (Thanksgiving) we drove to Saratoga-11 and the next day I took a short walk among the cottages W. of the main street. Pyracantha berries were exceedingly abundant and there were remnants of fruit in the orchards as well as accts of different kinds. There were pools in many of the gardens. Birds were exceedingly abundant: Crows Sparrows, juncos, finchists, goldfinches, 2019 sparrows, titmice (putting piled acorns into cracks)