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Koford, R.
1975
Journal
White Cloud campground, 11 mi. E Nevada City, Nevada Co., Calif. 4300 ± ft.
5 April I looked for squirrels from 0655 until 0730, then
worked on digging the truck out of the snow, much
of which a snowplow had piled up between the
truck and the road. It also had snowed another 30 cm.
the night before. It snowed lightly part of the
morning, clearing quite a bit (blue sky and sunshine)
for about half an hour - 0930 to 1000. I again
looked for squirrels, mostly in the campground area,
from 1030 to 1130, seeing one which had stored
cones up in a tree (2nd time I've seen this), and
from 1330 to 1440. During both morning excursions
I saw a few sets of tracks, but only 1
during the early afternoon - near stake B2. It
began snowing heavily again around 1800 - it had
snowed about 3 cm. by then, and continued
all afternoon for a total of about 10 cm.
measured on the truck hood. It wasn't snowing
at 2100. Temp. was 34° F at 1330; 32° F at
1500 when it was snowing. Wind was light. The
trees are covered with snow - some up to 20 cm.
or more on the branches. Many small Incense Cedar
are bowed over. I saw Red-breasted Nuthatches
break off scaly Incense Cedar bark in large
quantities; Steller Jays and Mountain Chickadees seen
to break off only a few pieces per tree. Birds seen:
2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers
1 Downy Woodpecker
10 Golden-crowned Kinglets
1 Brown Creeper
5 Mountain Chickadees
1 Townsend Solitaire
5 Red-breasted Nuthatches
2 Steller Jays