Field notes, v1511
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Oct 1932 3 mi. W Payette Lake, 5400 ft., Adams Co., Idaho. July 3, 1932 heard in the fir and spruce area. Found a Red-naped Sapsucker's nest in a dead tree. The hole was 25 feet above the ground. The tree seemed to be an old Yellow Pine, even tho it was growing in Lodge Pole area. The parents were seen about the tree, one emerging from the hole as I came close, and the other going in. Young were heard inside. One Olive-sided Flycatcher was heard near camp. Wood Peewees are about the most common bird in the Lodge Pole Pines. Wrigley Flycatchers are less numerous. Pine Siskins are abundant, staying most of the time near the tops of the pines. Cassin Purple Finches are equally numerous. Heard 4 or 5 Evening Grosbeaks. Audubon Warblers and Townsend Warblers are present in the Pines and Firs. Heard a White-Crowned Sparrow this evening down near the Ranger station. Red-breasted Nuthatches and Chipping Sparrows numerous. Only 2 Jays heard during the day. Olive-backed Thrushes heard singing during most of the afternoon and evening. Western Tanagers found all over. Blanchard shot 4 Rocky Mountain Jays, 2 Brown Creepers, and a Williamson Sapsucker. Columbian Ground Squirrels are very numerous, but difficult to see on account of the tall grassy and their shy nature. Red Squirrels are more common here than any place we have been so far. Shot 3 chipmunks or stumps and followed up in grassy plain near the timber. They appear to be E. Ruficaudus. Captured 3 large Puff's bores out in damp meadow-