"Lady Birds" went to Arroyo Muchos beyond Livermore. Hitch-Hitchy pipes are laid across the arroyo a little way below the McCoy Ranch but machinery was making a great deal of noise so we went directly to the bridge at the foot of the grade. Foggy in Berkeley and over the summit of the hills, but sunny the rest of the way. Warm at Arroyo Muchos - Birds were very abundant. List: Red-tailed and Sparrows Hawks, Buzzards, Ducks, Mourning Doves, Flicker, Anna (?) Hummer (gives), King- birds (nest in sycamore near bridge - parents carrying limbs building) Ash-throated Flycatcher, Black Phoebe, Wood Pewee, Phainopeplas (a pair building a nest in a live oak, the male doing most of the work. No notes heard. Very busy). Meadow Larks, Brewer Blackbirds; Bullocks Orioles, many nests. Some males with black on head, others paler yellow and without black on head but throat black. Red-winged Blackbirds along way. Killdeer along the creek. Warbling Vireos, Yellow Warblers, Bluebirds, Linnets, Slew-backed Goldfinches, Lark Sparrows, Brown and Spotted Towhees, Chipping Sparrow, Black-headed Grosbeak, Caly Jay - 28 species. Burmrowing Quail near Livermore. Also Cliff Swallows. At Alamo Point backed Thrushes were singing. Lazuli Bunting at Saranap. Drove back into heavy fog in Berkeley Hills. May 14. Cool. Cold in the Theater during performance of Bacchae. Commencement. Young Bluejays have come from hill across road into woods east of house. May 15. Beautiful clear day, being cool late afternoon. Bluejay brought May 16. young to the pool. Young Titmouse and Bush-tits in garden. Song Sparrows busy feeding young near entrance.