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Jan. 4/1839 Hairy woodpecker - distinguished from downy woodpecker by its call.
A large flock of juncos was present in the camp area also.
Jan.5/1939 Burke can Koford caught a Dipalomyss (molavensis), 1 Perognathus, 1 Peromyscus (boylii or truei?), 2 Rectoma and a gopher. He set his traps among rocks and at edge of brush. Before leaving while I was packing Koford shot a ? white-headed woodpecker.
This morning and yesterday I heard California woodpeckers (Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi) calling but did not see any. A few robins were present in the trees around the camp also. We broke camp as soon as possible due to extremely threatening weather and drove west towards Lake Arrowhead. The road had been scraped clean of snow, but it was still very icy and treacherous in places.
We got into fog at Lake Arrowhead and did not get out until nearly at the bottom of the grade down to San Bernardino. We saw numerous coots (mud hens) on Lake Arrowhead as we drove by.
Due to heavy rains which we