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1938
June 26
Jumalo Creek, 15 mi. W Bend, 6100 ft., Deschutes Co., Oregon
This site is close to Jumalo creek near its headwaters. The immediate vicinity is called
Tunolo Meadows. About camp are a series of
soggy meadows through which pass small
brooks to the main stream. The meadows have
obviously been the wintering grounds of gophers.
the winter mud cylinders form extensive networks
over most of the meadows with here and there old
winter nests of five spars. Some of these seem to
be microtus vorts, probably of M. Richardsonii which
is fairly common here on the small meadow
brooks. Their workings and large trails being
everywhere. Snow patches and thawing banks are
all about us but Yellow-ley Frogs and Hyla
are breeding extensively. Went down stream in
the morning and swung N. then back to camp.
The forests below camp are a mixture of Lodgepole
Pines, Hemlock, and Red Fir with an occasional
white fir. I looked a hawk early in the morning,
probably Swainson Hawk, Red breasted Withatch
Chipping Sparrow and Juncaos as very common.
Woodpeckers surprisingly few. Heard Sapucker,
Williamson, and Hairy Woodpecker several times.
Caught a glimpse of a Whiteheaded woodpecka
Mosquitoes here are just starting their season. They
are plentiful but somewhat boggy and harmless. Birds
don't respond to Pueing Owl calls very much.