97 Berkeley May 1. Cloudy with showers. Laysli Bentling singing near the house repeatedly. Hummingbird with wheezing pendulum squeak - Rufous or Calliope? Thrasher digging near pool is banded. Raining quite hard by noon. While we were eating lunch by the fireplace Jones called my attention to a bird with a red head in trees next to the N.W. porch. It was a full plumed W. Tanager. There were several, all males but one with very little red on head. With them were several Grosbeaks and one Ash-Throated Flycatcher. They stayed near the house for three quarters of an hour. They were all eating oak worms. Both the Tanagers and Grosbeaks fluttered under a twig if they could not reach in any other way. The Flycatcher perched on a branch then darted across to a bunch of leaves six to eight feet away, seized a worm as he flew, then out to another perch. There were female Grosbeaks as well as males. Both Grosbeak & Tanagers sang. Trees have not been sprayed yet - Heard no Golden-crowned Sparrows today. May 2. Broken clouds to clear sunshine. Heard Golden-crowned Sparrow at home. Spent day in Contra Costa Co. in Tyee Valley and at Alamo. Chilly wind, warm in sunshine. Birds very abundant. Saw following birds: Red-tailed Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Mourning Dove. Willow Tormy Woodpecker, Calif Jay (one), Western Flycatcher, Wood Pewee, Black Phoebe (heard) building under eaves Cliff Swallow (100's), Plain Titmouse, W. House Wren, W Robin, W. Bluebird, Russet-backed Thrush, Calif Shrike, Warbling Vireo, Pileated & Yellow Warbler, Bullock Oriole, Brewer Blackbird, W. Meadowlark. Redwing, (over)