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Fogelman
1939
Itinerary
July 14 Paterson, 250 ft. Benton Co., Wash.
Fanalor cormorant, Caspian tern,
Forster's tern, gulls sp?, chuehar partridge,
robin, redwing blackbird, Brewer blackbird,
greater yellowlegs, burrowing owl,
magpie, "red-tailed hawk," crow, raven.
The Island is not over 30 ft above
the level of the R. and is covered
mainly with sagebrush. In some places,
however, there are rather large sand
dunes, especially Toward the West.
Along the R. are many willows and
some poplar poplars. Numerous
beaver cuttings were observed. They
had cut many small willows and
some poplars up to 10 in in diameter.
There was considerable low cactus
and much bunch grass among
the sagebrush, and also a few
choke-cherries along the R. Many
robins were eating the choke-
cherries. Small Scolopax [illegible]
were
very abundant in the sagebrush
and several were collected.
July 20 Paterson 250 ft. Benton Co., Wash.
The situation about the camp
at the Halliday ranch was much
the same as Blackbird Island, Sagebrush
flats bordered the R. which is