Field notes, v1539
Page 207
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R.J.Raith 1956 2 Journal Sequim area, Clallam Co., Washington August 17, 1956 had it in hand. Along the Dungeness Trail we saw and mainly heard a flock of Chestnut-backed Chickadees flying and feeding about 70-80 feet up in the foliage. Mixed in with this flock or close to, it were some golden-crowned Kinglets, one of which I collected. Also in this mature forest near an opening we saw a Creeper, and a Piloted Warbler Empidonax flycatcher feeding young, and heard a Red-breasted Nuthatch. At the head of the trail 2 Gray Jays flew silently and swiftly past me before I could shoot one. Several times during the morning, chickarees or chipmunks answered my squeaking. Numerous dead snags with woodpecker workings on them were seen but no woodpeckers were seen or heard. Oregon Juncos were seen in small groups at intervals throughout the morning. On the way back to camp later in the morning another young Ruffed Grouse was seen on the edge of the road where I shot the one earlier. No birds were seen, or heard, in the tall alders lining the rivers in the campground nor in the dense growth of Rubus near our camp nor in fact any where in the campground. The sky was clear and the weather warm all day.