Journal. R.E. Johnson 1968 March 24 Death Valley, Calif. to Pomona, Calif. crack & disappeared. A nest? Desert Sparrows were singing vigorously throughout the Death Valley area: We left the valley at noon & drove west to Lone Pine & then south on us 395 over Cajon Pass, then west to Pomona. This was not planned as a birding trip thank heavens or we would have been sorely disappointed. We did skip stopping to identify birds floating in ponds south of Owens Lake (salty ponds) due to our rush to make home by dinner. March 25 Newport Upper Harbor, Orange Co., Calif. Drove From Pomona on the Corona Freeway to the Riverside Freeway (Santa Ana Canyon) & then sw to the Newport Freeway to Coast Hwy 1, then south to the upper bay. The southern portion of the bay is highly developed but the northern part is below the low tide line & has been left undisturbed to a greater extent. A rd. parallels the east side along the mud flats. Another road parallels the west shore but it above on the cliffs. Houses line the tops of the cliffs on both sides. I collected 2 Savannah Sparrows (Beldingi) & saw many in the salt marshes along the edge of the mud west side of bay. flats. Song Sparrows occured along the boundaries of the Savannah Sparrow zone but remained above