Field notes, v1513
Page 171
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Palmer 1935 Itinerary. July 8, 1935 Pole Flat, 5000 ft. (contd.) This morning 68 traps in the meadow field. 1 Sorex bendirii, 1 Sorex palustris, 2 Zapus pacificus, 5 Microtus mordaax, 6 Peromyscus maniculatus. In the afternoon went up the ridge to the roof of camp & hunted for sparrows but saw none. Shot 1 Eutamias amoenus, 1 Eutamias townsendii, 1 Sciurus douglasii, and 1 Sclerophorus rugosus. Saw Douglas Ground squirrel in a bush but couldn't get a good shot. Heard a commotion among the birds— Chickadees, Calanera's Wackles (?), Hermit Wackle and Red-breasted Methatch. An invest- gation scared out a Pegmy Owl from the lower branches of a dead fir tree. It flew off thru a dense thicket of young firs and I couldn't get a shot. Other birds seen: On the ridge—Hermit Thrush and Junco; In firs—White-headed Woodpecker, Audobon Wackle, Dusky Grouse (4 and 3 jrs.), Steller Jay, Pine Siskin, and Western Tanager; In the wet meadow—Allen Hummingbird, Lincoln Sparrows, and Robin. One Allen Hummer was watched for several minutes catching insects on the wing. The insects were apparently small.