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LIDICKER
1975
San Joaquin Co. trip cont.
Rufus-zick Torker - 2+
Brown Towhee - 1
Oregon Junco - 25+
Total = 54 species
White-crowned Sparrow - 50+
Golden-winged Sparrow - 40+
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 (Bullator)
N. California Micores Expedition
22 March - 26 March 1975
March 22
with Suh Y. Yang & David T. Krohne
After picking up Suh at Lis home, stopping by the museum to visit & then picking up Davis, we finally left Berkeley about 6:00. It was mostly overcast so rain hot occasionally the sun would come out and we took Highway 101 North. In Chavelle, we stopped for a quick cup of coffee. Just before crossing into Mendocino Co., we could see snow on the Ligier Hills. Just N of Chavelle just after crossing over the Russian River, we saw a fox squirrel DO R. S. H. Leytonville we stopped for lunch at a private rest area. Snow was below the road 4 feet. Slush before Leggett traffic stopped as there was a slide blocking the road 4 miles ahead & traffic was backed up. The flyman said a crew had been working on it for 3 hrs already & he did not know when it would be cleared. So we took an exit to Leggett & then looked for the coast on Cal 1 (also 208). At the Ligier elevations on this road it was hailing & snow
Saw [illegible] migrating hummingbirds.
partly covered the road. At 7 mi. from Leggett & rd we came to a group of buildings called "Rockport Retreat". Across the road was some flooded spruce area, a