9 April Lower Cavington Flats, 4500 ft., Joshua Tree Nat'l. Mon. Riverside Co., Calif. Yucca, mohavensis is slower in budding. The impression: more and larger Y. brevifolia with much fallen timber. The scrub Oaks are not leaved out well and appear in a bad condition. The flats are green - same Lupinus appearing stream forks in a small dry bed. The road continues west to a promontary overlooking the 5W - scapegrment and almost vertically dissected hills. Pts. San Jacinto & San Gargonia were seen as peaks above a smoggy haze. On the peak the manganita - more resplendent than at Lower Cavington Flats was in profuse bloosoming - small white flowers. about 75 ups. NW of the junction of this side road we stopped to check on the Pinyon Jays which we saw the other day and more seen in the immediate area today. Dr. Miller found a nest of them are Pinyon Jays here. The nest was on the SW side of a juniper, 7-8 ft. up - in a crease clump almost completely obscured from views. Photos were taken of the nest tree, the nest from the ground and from the fender of the truck, & of the Jaws jumping.