1929 Cedar Waxwings. a few robins, quail, me Kinglets, flickers, Anna hummers - Nov. 24 (Thanksgiving Day) drove to Saratoga via San Mateo bridge - A short [illegible] owl was perched on one of the posts of the bridge with cars whizzing by them every few minutes. In the salt pools were many avocets & sandpipers - no stops for identifying other birds. Fox over water. Dec 1. Wrentits sung occasionally - full song. Dec 8 - Beginning to rain - first of season. Walked up canyon with Mr & Mrs Tyler of Fresno - Many birds but most of them silent. Only songs heard were those of Wren-tit, Song Sparrow (1), Purple Finch (1). Many Fox Sparrows & Spotted Towhees scratching in dry leaves. Birds most numerous at head of canyon where we crossed the stream where we heard titmouse, Winter Wren, Crested Jay, Quail, juncos, Saw many flickers there. One pr. Redtails & 1 Sharp Shin which cased a great commotion among the quail. Golden-crowned Kinglets were numerous in the young fir's nears house. Dec 9-10 - Rain. Dec 11-18 Dec 16 - Watched a battle between Argentine ants and termites in Sunny Gulch. Winged termites were swarming, apparently coming out of the ground. Argentine ants attacked them before they could fly, bit off their wings and then tried to overcome them and pull them into their holes. I brought one struggling pair home and put them into a bottle at 2:30 p.m. They were still fighting at dark. 17. This morning both the Argentine ant and the termite mer-died. Varied Thrushes were singing very near the house before I got up; one sounded as if it were in the toyon under the window - gave the ventriloquial note several times and then, the low pitched "chuck".