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2 shrews Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2 heard - one male seen. This one was calling above parking place when I arrived, and was there 1 1/2 hrs. later when I got back); Gold finches; Towhees (10-20); Chipping Sparrow; White Throated Sp. (many); Song Sp. May 12, 1953 - Mon. Clear, beautiful day - no breeze in morning. Temp. up to 88 or 90 degrees in afternoon. When I got to the woods I found the gravel road near the first little wooden bridge washed out in gullies more than two feet deep, leaving the large steel pipe under the road fully exposed. Later I found other evidences of terrific rainfall affecting the Glen Carlyn area. The place where I have crossed Honeysuckle Stream since 1941 had changed completely, stream diverted, and piled up gravel caused such a wide stream of