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Patelka
1947
Oct. 7 1 mi. E Wedderburn, 50 ft. ± elev., Curry County, Oregon.
of the Rogue River and north of it, there is
rolling country, partly cultivated or grazed
and otherwise covered with a dense low
cover of salal, Cleanothus, Baccharis, ferns
other shrubs,
and tall herbs, except for the draws, which
have taller shrubs (e.g., Alnus, Salix) and
certain local islands of vegetation with
a few conifer species. There is a cypress
here and also a short-needled pine
that seems to be confined to the immediate
coast. The hills on the south side of the
Rogue River are well timbered. We cannot
say anything about the region between Crescent
city and Gold Beach as we travelled through it
after dark — except to say that most of it
appeared to be well timbered.
We saw one scrub-jay this morning
as we entered the Lloyd Ranch. Also noted
Steller-jays here and a few miles to the
east in the course of our early morning
exploratory trip. Also noted Sturnella neglecta,
Melospiza melodia, Colaptes cafer, Falco sparverius,
Spinus pinus and S. tristis, Vireo huttoni, Troglodytes
troglohytes, Zonotrichia coronata, Chickadees,
and Anthus spinoletta.
After settling down in our Curryard shack
we had lunch, and I left to hunt about 12:30