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and arrive at SF at 1100 PM Oct 30, 1934 See Horn & Worcester in morning. Major Farley, Nathan Moran, Tod Towell Miss Keith at McMillians, Tod Powell, J.P [[?]] & PM Grose. Return to room & bed at 1100 PM Oct 31, 1934 Left San Francisco 800 AM and drive thru rain & fog all day to Santa Barbara. Intended to go on thru to L.A. but my eyes gave out and I quit at 700 PM. Nov 1, 1934 Lv Santa Barbara at 800 AM arr at LA at 10.30 AM after delivering Mr. Berry to Pasadena Lot of mail to look after here See AE Burgduff - Major Farley, see Chambers and call at LA Waterworks office regarding Coot permit on reservoirs. See Lyle, Laura & Mildred Nov 2, 1934 Lv LA 1030 AM so Found a small pond near Palmdale with about a hundred dead birds about it. [[underline]] Mostly Coots [[/underline]] - some [[underline]] eared grebes [[/underline]], One [[underline]] Red Phalarope [[/underline]] , one [[underline]] Blue Heron [[/underline]] (shot) & 1 [[underline]] northern Loon [[/underline]] & 4 [[underline]] Ruddy ducks [[/underline]]. All in bad shape altho no gunshot in evidence. One [[underline]] grebe [[/underline]] killed by owl - maybe rest died of duck sickness. A few birds acting like Klamath Lake birds along margins & perhaps fifty out in water still normal or so nearly so I couldn't tell anything about them. Arrived Bishop at 600 PM