Field notes, v1470
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Marshall, 1939 General Comment Mill Creek, Wash. July 25-6 much louder sweeter more varied. Perhaps a Red-eyed Vireo. 1 mi E & 5 mi S Dixie, 4300 ft. Walla Walla Co. N.W. Found MVZ Camp here at July 26 1939 noon Johnson, Levis Chatrii, Hooper, & Longhurst. They had trapped here the evening before, & today, Hofmeister took a Golden-crowned Kinglet. Weather hot; calm, clear. Densely forested country near the summit of the Blue Mts - which are more like rolling hills than mts. Heavy forest of Englemann spruce, Doug fir, red fir, larch. Some yellow pines lower & on exposed warmer slopes. Spring in every canyon. Impatient, almost tropical green undergrowth of vines & herbs. In the afternoon I collected around camp the following: Chestnut-backed Chickadee - very abundant HaBlack-capped Chickadee - one only seen Golden-crowned Kinglet & common Permit Thrush --- just - only one seen. I heard other birds, & saw them: Red-breasted Nuthatch Mt. Chickadee - in song-very abundant. Juncos. - common.