Howell, T.R. 19450 Journal Thousand Palm Canyon, Riverside Co., Calif. Jan. 25 - Awoke at dawn here - very cold, about 0°C, clear, windy. Only one bird seen, a Say Phoebe. We drove on past the Salton Sea towards Calipatria, passing through Indio along the way. At the Salton Sea we noted many Ring-billed Gulls, Ruddy Ducks, and Eared Grebes. Something seems to be killing the grebes, as we found 12 in varying stages of decay along a couple of hundred yards of shore, and no other dead birds except one gull. A flock of Sage Sparrows was seen at this spot. Near Indio we saw Verdins, Phainopeplas, Cactus Wrens, Mockingbirds, Western Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Shrikes, Meadowlarks. At Mullet Island, at the south end of the Salton Sea were about 1500 Pintails, hundreds of Ruddy Ducks, a few Canvasbacks, Coots, Eared Grebes (more dead on the shore) Snowy and American Egrets, Greater Yellow-legs, Willetts, Killdeer, Least (?Western) Sandpipers, Avocets, a Marsh Hawk, many Ring-billed Gulls, Great Blue Heron, Say and Black Phoebes, White-crowned Sparrows, Dowitchers. We drove on towards Calipatria, Imperial Co., and in the wet fields of alfalfa we noted a great many Ring-billed Gulls, Long-billed Curlews and Killdeer, and in one field