"Sustine 'Land & Cattle Co'" Dec. 10 - 90 ft. 3 mi. SE Sustine, Merced Co., Calif. Rode here this p.m. from Berkeley with Philip Arend in his car, the rest of the Ornithology class from U.C., with Dr. A.H. Miller in a University Chev. Suburban. We drove via Walnut Creek, Dublin, Tracy & thence along state highway 33 to Sustine. The grass is coming up green on all the hillslopes except those most severely over-grazed. In the valley field borders it is already up 4 to 5 inches high. Every thing is moist & clean after recent rains There was a stiff NW wind blowing in, til just before sundown. The usual field birds were noted except - plus: Golden Eagle - 1 over, hills between Livermore & Tracy; Red-tailed Hawk - several; Mountain Bluebird - several in the valley; Yellow Billed Magpie - 2 near Sustine. Driving along the E-W county road into the Sustine Land & Cattle Co. lands (gen club) here, we looked over flooded weedy & sparse (burned) cat-tail & tule fields. Some of the ditches bordering the road still have dense emergent growth, but the "fields" are pretty much opened up. Had supper from camp stove by corral, (1 short-eared owl, 1 Duck Hawk flew over) but were invited to stay in cabin at hdy - so here we are. mgr. of the club is Mr. Tate. Saw one Short- eared owl perched on cross-arm of telephone pole over marshy spot as we (about 6:30 p.m.) passed,