Field notes, v1511
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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