Kaye - 1933 Santa Cruz, So., Santa Cruz Co., Calif. Oct. 4, 1933. consists of oaks. The growth is not to dense or old. It being claimed that one of the old men on the ranch can remember the first of the forest oaks. Of course, there are large oaks on the ranch 100 years or older. When these oak forests near a body of water, they are overgrown with lianas. Woodpeckers, flycatchers, vireos, warblers, bush tits are the commonest of the birds in these oak forests. Squirrels, coon (near water) are the commonest of the mammals. IV Wet Slough Description: These are backwater sloughs from the lakes. The water is stagnant. Cattails & other weeds are at the edges, while wil- lows and sycamores shade the slough. Also wild grape & parsley help to tangle up the edges. Warblers, goldfinches, flycatchers, great blue herons, kingfishers, green herons, ducks (wood) are