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July 1, 1934 continued 30. Western Red tail 2 Went for a swim & measured up for a dock. July 2, 1934 Went to Depoe Bay to go out but found it too rough. Went with Braley to Newport flats & there collected [[underline]] Western Sandpipers [[/underline]] the earliest records for Oregon. There were several hundred in the flock Arranged for lumber for dock & hired a carpenter to help. July 3, 1934. Started dock by clearing & hauling rock and cutting lumber which arrived late in PM. Also wrote a long time on the birds of Oregon July 4, 1934 Worked on dock. We had a wild time getting the crib placed & such but eventually made it. July 5, 1934 Finished dock except deck & worked on official correspondence. July 6, 1934 To Depoe bay & out in ocean where I saw no migrating birds but secured Marbled Murrelets Cassin Auklet Sooty Shearwater Tufted Puffin At home in evening & fishing for bass with Prof. also caught a catfish off the dock in evening [[Bickens?]] completed it this morning