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Marshall, 1939
General Comment
Wildeat Spring, July 27 Contin.
for OTUS flammeus. Col. 2, both in
open groves of yellow pine. None in
the Canadian forest.
Went over trap line. Traps July 28 1939
had been set at 20 yd intervals
among the herbs & broad-leaved
trees at the upper edge of the
red-fir forest. Above this, the ridge
& was barren. The traps were set
along logs etc - no runways
were seen. Only 25 were set &
I got from them about 8 Peromyscus
& 1 Entomias #685 J.
Birds were here in great numbers,
as this place was a true "edge" -
with the heavy red-fir forest
ending abruptly near the summit
of the bare ridge & with deciduous
thickets along the edge of the forest.
I heard 2 Olive-sided flycatchers,
robins, varied thrushes (singing
from high in the red firs, hairy
woodpeckers, Williamson sapsuckers
red-breasted nuthatches, chickadees golden-
crowned kinglets, and olive-backed
thrushes. All these were in the
red-firs. Then at the edge of the
forest there were Audubon Warblers,