Field notes, v1470
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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,