Field notes, v1536
Page 707
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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