Purple Martin, Hermit Thrush, Black-throated Gray Warbler. W. Tanager near my college. Grosbeak principal singer at dawn Birds not abundant yet. Yellow Warblers heard. May 26. Berkeley - Beautiful day. May 27. Hot. 85° in San Francisco. No gulls following any of the boats. Perhaps 100 on the water - breezy. May 28: Cooler with fog in late afternoon. May 29. Went to Boulder Creek - Hot at Saratoga. Eugene works on the grade. Many birds at Congress Springs. Ash-thr. Flycatcher, House Wren, Cassin Vireo, Song Sp., Bushtits, Gold finches, Grosbeak etc. May 30. Beautiful day. Saw my first pair of quail on the place. Began enlarging front porch - May 31. Cooler. A chat came into lilacs near B.P. Ceanothus about 8 a.m. Sang all day - First I have heard in region. Hermit Thrush across river on slope of Mt. Tamalpais. June 1. No Chat. Left for Berkeley at 2:30 p.m. June 2. High fog all morning. Sunny but chilly wind from Violet Warbler singing again. June 5, & 7, 8. Boulder Creek - very warm. Fog over ocean. Heard Tanager. along way out at Berkeley. Black-thr. Gray W. still singing. Ash-Throated Flycatcher near college - Heard no Olive-sided there. Berkeley- June 9. Fog until 10:30 a.m. Thrusher singing after several weeks silence. Violet W. & Lululeunt heard. 2 Song Sp. sing constantly. A pair of quail brought a brood of five little ones to pool -first seen this year. Jays still about with their family of young. A great squabbling was heard above the pool. As I went out on the porch a jay flew toward me chasing a wrentit which flew under the porch. Wrentits did much scolding. Later wren- tits above the banks across the road were squabbling - jay flew out;