Mar. 13 - Warm, sunny. 17 - Light rain - 20 - Cold night after warm day. 22 - Showers in morning. Lieutenant Watkins located for meeting - pano - 23 - Meadow Larks & Purple Finches singing during Charter Day Exercises in G.F. Thats 24 - Heavy frosts in morning. Snow in foothills of Seiras & on Devils - 25 - Frost in morning. Took Dickie Lewis to Bear Point Cut-off in afternoon. near Valleys & Millions of shore birds - Godwits, B-b. Plover, Dowitchers & Sandpipers. Tide was out a little too far and sun in our eyes - so could not see individuals satisfactorily - but flocks were enormous. One huge White Swan stood near edge of the Salicoria marshes on the shore. In the marshes we saw many godwits, Blue & few 2 Bitterns, several Green Herons, Coots, Puddy Ducks, Pintails and Canvas Backs, Eared & Pied - Tailed Grebes and 15-20 White Pelicans. A few Barn and Tree Swallows stammered over the marshes and Meadow Larks, Buntings and Song Sparrows were seen. Also Brewer's or Red-winged Blackbirds, a Sparrow Hawk (over hills) and Nandreds of Tree Swallows on a Marsh Hawk and many Great Blue Herons - Mrs. Mar R.B. Widgeon Valley. 26. First Trip of Bird Class - Mrs. Sanders, Blake, Bogle. Mrs. Leavens could not go. 25 took Dickie Lewis, limited to one car load. Drove to Barnberg where we found the ponds dried up and almost no water birds. Saw a few gulls, Blue Herons, and Coots. Bryant Marsh Sparrows were abundant and apparently located for nesting. A few Salt Marsh Song Sparrows, Red-winged and Brewer's Blackbirds, a Sparrow Hawk, a number of Barn Swallows and one Tree Swallow, a few Buntings. 204 down brown birds with conical grayish bills and black wings and tails, a little smaller than Blackbirds were, I think Cowbirds. The note was