Field notes, v1473
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94. valleys, but considerably broadened compared to inland. Drove from Halfmoon Bay up Pilarcitos Creek to where extensive tall Corothrus cleaned -dry- as birds. short willow habitat with abundant Russel-baked th & ss ramifies up every available gulley however it gets almost but not quite to top of range where wetter habitat with ss covers N facing canyon bottoms everywhere (Still no general pop of ss over all hills.) 1 mi N Halfmoon Bay (town) saw 1 pr only excited about nest & one vagrant jun in lupine back of sanddunes of beach. No others in hearing or sight for several 100 yds. Stopped at little core N side "Fog Whistle" Montana Pt. I saw in about an irreg. area of ground between the Coast guard area, the beach bank & cottages the real sea-slope habitat of lupinant prostrate vegetation incl. Angelica hendersonii, prostrate Baccharis pilularis, Castilleja Ericameria ericoides, Rubus, etc etc -all uniform height & packed with ss. 5 pairs in irreg area incl gulley about 50 yd x 150 yds. 1 mi N Montana some more lupine habitat back of dunes with ss. but scarce owing to rain. Back at "Hills N Montana"