Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Koford, R.
1975
Journal
White Cloud campground, 4300 ft., 11 mi. E Nevada City, Nevada Co., Calif.
6 May From 0615 to 1200, 1500 to 1830, I tried to collect chickadees,
mostly on the top of the hill about ¼ mile & along Hwy 20
from the campground, north of the road, but I also spent
about an hour south of the road at about the 31 mile
marker. I saw no squirrels, heard 1 churring call at 0725
and 2 alarm calls in the morning. The sky was clear
all morning, about 5% cloud cover in the early afternoon
increasing to about 50%. By late afternoon, then clearing
again. Wind was light. Temp. 42°F at 0900, 53°F at 1500,
44°F at 2000. Birds seen:
1 Rufous-sided Towhee
2 Fox Sparrows
1 Nashville Warbler
2 Black-throated Gray Warblers
20+ Oregon Junco
10+ American Robin
4 White-headed Woodpecker
3 Hermit Warblers
5 Steller Jays
10+ Mountain Chickadees
1 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
7 May I spent 0800 to 0900, 0930 to 1400, 1530 to 1800 in the campground
and study area. In the morning I set all the traps, moving 3 from
the area around H-1 and G1 to around F2 and E3 and 3 others
from the area E of A2 to near the campground entrance, trying
to catch a pregnant ? for c&k. I heard 3 churring calls. Sky was
clear all day—wind 0–5 mph. Temp. 43°F at 0800, 57°F at
1500, 54° at 1800. Western Tanager (3) were singing. I also saw:
2 Black-headed Grosbeaks
2 Golden-crowned Kinglets
2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers
3 Hermit Warblers
1 Pileated Woodpecker
2 Audubon Warbler
1 Downy Woodpecker
4 Cassin finches
3 White-headed Woodpeckers
5 Mountain Chickadees
10+ Steller Jays
20+ American Robins
1 (Calif. Ground Squirrel) (jun.)