R.J.Raith 1957 3 Journal Dec.29 1-2 mi. W Reyes Peak, 7000 ft., Pine Mtn., Ventura Co., Calif. with grass and low clumps of brush - fruitlessly for Mountain Quail, we descended the trail to the south towards Chorro Springs. The trail keeps pretty well to the edge of the pines and angles to the southwest (Another trail approaches the spring from the northwest - ie it runs southeast - leaving the road very near to our campground). By this time (c. 9.30 AM) the sun was well up and this south slope was quite warm. We walked down the trail for about 1/2 hour passing through open forest-edge and some brush, mostly Ceanothus. Birds were very scarce. We heard only a few juncos and chickadees and saw only glimpses of them. Having walked over a mile down the trail and seen so few birds, we decided to leave the trail and ascend straight up the slope to the road through the more dense forest. In a draw with a thicker forest of Yellow Pines with a higher percentage of White Firs and Sugar Pines we heard some chatter of White-headed Woodpeckers & Steller Jays (seemingly sounding off in response to my Pygmy Owl imitation). I collected a g White-feeb from the trunk of a fir and shot at another in the same tree but missed. We reached the road where it runs through the forest and saw and heard another woodpecker which I took to be a Hairy. By this time it was after 11 AM & time to leave so we returned to the car & drove back through the campground where we stopped to listen for woodpeckers. Here we heard & saw more birds than in any of the other localities