Field notes, v1539
Page 125
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R.J. Raitt 1956 Journal Jarbridge area, Elko Co., Nevada June 7 today Dr. Miller and I made a rather long climb into the headwaters of Jenny Creek just under Jarbridge Peak. We followed a road out of Jarbridge up the east wall of the canyon, cut across a very long detour that the road makes to the south and met it coming back to the north just below the top of the ridge near the head of Moore Gulch. We followed the road around a shoulder as it headed back to the south on the east side of the ridge in the Jenny Creek drainage. As we reached the top of the ridge we hit coniferous forest, mainly of firs but with some Limber Pine and Aspen. We worked from about 8:30 to 11:00 in this coniferous forest in a section which was fairly open (partly due to logging) and which contained a higher proportion of pines. The locality designation is 1 1/2 mi. E Jarbridge, 8300 ft., Elko Co., Nevada. Patches of snow a few yards in dimensions were numerous as were fallen limbs and trees. singing Ruby-crowned Kinglets were very numerous and Warbling Vireos were only a little less so. Mountain Chickadees (one collected from a fir), Juncoes (mainly feeding on the ground, where I shot one) and House Wrens (one collected from a fir) and singing Hermit Thrushes were also common. I heard Clark