Field notes, v1414
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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