Field notes, v1513
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Palmer 1935 Itinerary June 28 contd. Poker Flat, 5000 ft., 17 mi. NW Happy Camp (cont'd.) Creek, 3700 ft., 12 mi. NW Happy Camp in lack of a better name. We arrived at Poker Flat about dark in a cold, drizzly rain and set up camp. June 29 It rained all last night, and it is still cold and foggy. In the morning went out to look around the area near camp. Shot a Hairy Woodpecker and 3 Eutamias townsendii. Saw Juncos, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Red-breasted Nuthatches and Hairy Woodpeckers in Conifers and Robins, Allen Hummingbirds and Lincoln Sparrows in the boggy meadow. Camp is on a little knoll at the SE edge of grassy meadow, about 20 acres in area. It is very much like Donomore Meadow. The meadow is covered with tall grass and sedges and numerous annuals 2-10 inches high - buttercups, shooting stars, blue larkspur and yellow violets. At several places near the edge of the meadow are patches of willow 2 1/2 - 4 ft. high [illegible]. Practically the whole meadow is wet and boggy with numerous small streams and springy spots. The main stream which drains the meadow runs out Eastward just N of our camp in a narrow canyon. Around the edge of