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R. J. Raith
1956
Journal
January 27 Martinez Canyon, Santa Rosa Mts., Riverside Co., Calit.
east-west draw which contained all of the plants
named immediately above. We descended the few feet
down into this draw and started up a tributary north-
south draw which contained a thicker stand of the
chaparral species. A short distance up this draw
and two scrub jays 300-400 ft higher,
Dr. Miller shot a Titmouse, we each went up a
side of this draw up toward another east-west
divide. The wind was blowing very strongly from the
west from this time until we got to camp rendering
the location of birds by sight or sound quite difficult.
I saw nothing while ascending this slope and heard
but could not locate a Titmouse just on the other
side. On this other side (on a north slope of the
head of an east-west canyon) we ate lunch at about
11:15 AM at an elevation of about 4000 ft. Then
we worked upslope toward the south through quite
thick chaparral of scrub oak, manzanita, Ceanothus
lemonade Berry, and pinyon pine. We heard a Titmouse
and were heading toward it when Dr. Miller heard a
Wren-tit. After one shot by each of us he finally
bagged one with a possibility of another one escaping
us. While looking for a possible dead Wren-tit we
saw a nest of a Woodrat around the base of a
lemonade Berry bush. It consisted of a conical pile
of twigs, and many pinyon pine cones were scattered
around it. The location of this chaparral slope
where the Wren-tit was taken was 3 miles NW