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Orr
1932
4 mi. W Meadow Creek, 5000 ft., Boundary Co., Idaho.
July 30, 1932
ing to it for some time before investigated. It proved
to be a sub-adult Pine Grosbeak which bobot. The
bird was perched half-way up in a small fir out
in a clearing. The notes were loud, the second
being higher than the first. Chipmunks were seen
in numbers this a.m., feeding on the same bushes
that the Pine Grosbeaks were noted on yesterday.
Another gopher taken from set this p.m. There was a fresh
mound of earth this evening at the entrance to the tunnel in which
the gopher was found partly eaten yesterday. Citellus columbianus
is present in numbers in the meadow and open brush land in the
canyon bottom, Sciurus ludovicicus heard a number of times
this morning and evening. An adult Sparrow Hawk was
seen this a.m. on top of a tall stump. This p.m. young were
heard calling. Miller shot an immature Goskawk today.
July 31, 1932.
Spent most of the day packing in preparation for our
return to Berkeley tomorrow. In the middle of the a.m. the
call of a Pine Grosbeak was heard. Miller and I started out
towards the clump of bushes in which one was seen yesterday.
Miller shot an adult 7 as it flew up from the ground
in the center of the clump. I approached within 20 feet of
the point where another was seen to fly, but saw no
sign of the bird. Miller approached as I backed up and
an adult 7 flew up quietly to a stump where boboter.
Most of the feathers were absent from the neck region and
the back of the head. These birds were extremely quiet