9 Allen hummer, Willow Woodpecker chiseling nest hole in street tree (maple ?); first seen with mate, copulation, then female disappeared and male continued working at nest site as long as we watched. Allowed us to come within six or eight feet of the bare tree. Saw also Cal. Jay. When house Had lunch at Mrs. Cantelow's cottage where we heard chickadees, Creeper and Kingfisher. Went on to Sears Pt. road where we watched horned larks, pipits, marsh song sparrows and Bryant Savannah Sparrow. Saw one barn swallow. In marshes we saw many coots, some ruddies, a few teintails and mallards, a pair of green-winged teal, pied billed grebe, bitterns, marsh hawks, Cooper hawks, blue herons, canvas backs. At last bridge several flocks of sandpipers flew over the bridge and down on the landward side. Many shore birds were flying along the edge of the mud flats but we could not identify them - No pelicans. On the bay we saw Turnstone (Brandt Cormorants), W. & Calif quills, Western grebes, Mr. Kelly reported Warbling Vireo & W. Flycatcher at Ross. March 28. Went to Boulder Creek in afternoon via Watsonville where I bought a few tuberos begonias. March 21. Got breakfast & lunch in cottage for first time, using electric plate. James finished turning brush at mill site. Warbling Vireo and W. Flycatcher both singing. Left at 4:30pm. dinner at Saratoga. Blossoms (prunes) like a white sea. March 22. Light east winds. Clear, warm. Saw a Western Flycatcher in the deciduous oaks near house. Beverly Blanks showed me a completed brush tit's nest near his home.