Field notes, v1513
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Palmer 1935 Itinerary June 1 cont'd. Hd. Doggett Cr., 5800 ft., Siskiyou Mts. The boylii taken on a mossy streambank. Saw the following birds: Junco, Robin, Mountain Chickadee, Chipping Sparrow, White-Headed Woodpecker (Digging nest cavity in a post near camp). Heard: Purple Finch, Steller Jay. Saw several Eutamias amoena, most of them on a rail fence near camp. Here also saw a Sciurus douglasii run along the top rail of the fence. In the evening set 17 traps along the stream in grassy spots beneath the alders. Cought 3 Tylas while setting traps. June 2 In 17 gun-size mouse traps caught: 1 ) Microtus californicus (?), 6 Peromyscus manicul- atus. Hunted birds from 8-10 A.M. Shot 2 Red- breasted Nuthatches, 1 Lincoln Sparrow; 1 Wright Flycatcher. Saw: Robin, Junco, Purple Finch (sp?), Audubon Warbler, Mountain Chickadee, Black-Headed Grosbeak. In afternoon hunted birds from 4-5 in conifers (Red fir, White fir, Incense Cedar). Saw very few birds. Shot one California? Purple Finch, 1 Eutamias Townsendii, 1 Eutania, townsendii amoena. Saw several Callosperm ophiles in an opening on the hillside