1930 Feb.21. A heavy thunder showers at day light . Paper reported that lightning struck the flag pole at the Claremont Hotel. Feb.22. Rained hard all last night. We could hear the wind roaring in the eucalyptus trees across the canyon. No wind here. Paper reported many trees blown down in north Berkeley and all the light poles along the Golden Gate Piers. Rained until noon, then brilliantly clear. Feb.23. Showers and sunshine - Chilly north wind in afternoon. Able to walk about first floor without care and sit up most of day. Not strong yet. Half an hour of work leaves me exhausted. Feb.27 Rain all the week. A pair of bush tits have a nest in the small oak just below the wall at the entrance to our garden. Mar.3. Rain again - Mar.4, 5- rain - heavy. Mar.6. Lutescent Warbler singing- Rain. Mar.7- Mar.8- Clear. Warm - Bush tits working on nest near entrance. Mar.9 Mar.10. Walked up to end of Moranwood Road. Many Lutescents - Bush tits building in a low branch of oak tree in clearing below road. Seems to be pulling fiber from elderberry. Returned many times to site. Mar.12. Mrs. Dearans took me to Lake Meritt. A few ducks left pintail, baldpates, 1 European Widgeon, Bluebills, puddlies, canvas backs, Canada, Whlethuis, Cackling, Lesser Snow, and White-fronted geese and one exotic bird with red bill, black and white plumage which stayed on the island. Lutescent W. near house has mate. Mar.13 - Cooler. Cloudy. Rain at night. Mar.14- Rain, hail, thunder, lightning - Mar.15. Rock as far as Walnut Creek - Saw Swamson Hawk - Chest completely Reddish dr. Band on belly. Chilly. Partly cloudy.