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Palmer
1936
Itinerary
July 18 Laguna Ranch, San Benito Co., (cont'd.)
of the following species: Bell Sparrow, 1;
Chipping Sparrow, 3?; White-breasted Nuthatch,
1; Nuttall Woodpeckers, 1.
July 19. This A.M. hunted 5E from camp mostly
around springs in a canon where there
was lots of scrub Oak and Blue Oak
meadyle and with some Amelanchies
and 1 willow in the creek bottom. Three
I shot: Juncos, 2; Bell Sparrow, 2;
White-breasted Nuthatch, 1; Bewick Wren, 1; Plain
Finmouse, 1; Black-Throated Gray Warbler, 1.
Johnson brought in a Barry Woodpecker
this evening.
Saw 2 Band-tailed Pigeons today in
the oaks near camp.
July 20. This A.M. rode down with Johnson in the
Dodge to the lower end of the fields +
hunted back along the ridge on the SE
side of the valley. For about an hour, hunted
in nearly pure stand of large Black Oaks.
Three shot 1 Brown Jay and 3 Wood
Peckers. Also saw many Gracatchers, Western
Bluebirds, Lark Sparrows; several Juncos,
Chipping Sparrows; Plain Finmouses, and
Calif. Woodpeckers, Calif. Jays; one White
breasted Nuthatch.