Koford, R. 1975 Journal White Cloud campground 11 mi. E Nevada City, Nevada Co., Calif. 4200 ft. 8 April seen. The distance between the tracks varied from 10 cm. to 14 cm., and usually the tail mark was not visible (it was when the animal was going downhill, sometimes). → Birds seen (no sp. accounts) 3 Steller Jays 6 Golden-crowned Kinglets 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches 2 White-headed Woodpeckers 1 Downy Woodpecker (?) 1 Brown Creeper 9 April I set 6 Tomahawk noncollapsible traps in the area to the south of the slanted oak - baited with peanuts. Then I watched or looked for squirrels from 0900 until 1300 and from 1600 until 1948, getting more information on cone eating and finding (or confirming) the location of a nest hole. The day was warm - 34°F at 0900, 46°F at 1300 and 1500, 32°F at 1900. Snow melted off the trees all day so that by the end of the day there were just a few blobs of snow left in the trees. The morning was completely cloudiness, and much of the afternoon was about 50% overcast . Wind was light all day. I found some full-sized male catkins of Ponderosa Pine on the snow. Presumably they are from this season. I also found live pines with the male catkins still in buds - about 1 cm. long. Several oaks, too, have elongate swellings (~10cm.), apparently cased by some insect, on many of the tips of the branches. Some of these had been