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R.J. Raitt
1956
Journal
Jarbridge area, Elko Co., Nevada
June 4
one of which I collected from a fir. In this grove I also saw Cassin Purple Finches, Pine Siskins and grouse droppings and heard Swainson Thrushes. Just as I reached the bottom of the gulch a Golden Eagle flushed from someplace nearby and soared down the gulch.
I saw and heard nothing except Chipping Sparrows as I scrambled down the gulch mainly because of the noise of the stream and my hurry to get down.
in the canyon road to and from the car the vegetation is very much the same as it is around camp except that there is a scattering of firs.
I saw and heard several marmots on the rocky slopes beside the road (these are common throughout the area but I don't believe I mentioned them previously), the riparian birds were essentially the same as those below: Warbling Vireos, Fox Sparrows, Western Flycatchers, and Tolmie Warblers but fewer Yellow Warblers.
The afternoon and evening were quite cold and there was a noticeable reduction in evening bird singing, but for a while the wind stopped and the Yellow Warblers, Fox Sparrows and Swainson Thrushes began singing just a little. Ward reported that the Yellow Warbler nest in camp, which birds have been building since we arrived, contains one egg.