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Palmer
1935
January
May 14 Parks Creek, 2900 ft., 1/4 mi SW Edgewood, Siskiyou Co. Calif.
cont'd. bottas in one of the two gopher sets. Left the other set out.
A new bird seen this morning was the Brown Towhee. Saw a pair in the Ceanothus Thicket but could not get a shot. Another new bird was the Horned Owl. A flock of crows was seen circling about an Incense Cedar and making a great racket. Upon investigation, the Horned Owl flew out of the tree and was followed by the crows. At intervals during the morning, the owl would be seen flying along, with a flock of sawing crows following behind.
In the afternoon, we were visited by Mr. Duke who lives across the highway from our camp. He stayed several hours and talked, but didn't have much to say about the birds or mammals of the region. He reported that Antelope were formerly common between our camp and Gazelle. He says Porcupines are common, as are Deer. He said that two years ago, an old Grizzly Bear and his two cubs wintered up back of his barn.
It has been raining off and on all evening. Have only one gopher set out, no other traps.