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12
Journal
Jan. 29 3 mi. NW Rabbit Peak area, Riverside Co., Calif.
Titmice and one Wren-tit. About one pm I began
to descend the south-facing slope of the same canyon
starting from the upper basin at about 4000 ft.
At about 3900 ft. near the base of a prominent
marble hogback I collected a Citellus leucurus,
which was sitting in a Ceanothus bush. From this
point until I reached the floor of the canyon at
the 3700-foot level I saw no birds. When I did
reach the moist spot at 3700 feet a small
flock of Juncos came to the floor from above
and pecked at the sandy floor. A Bewick Wren
was heard here. Down at the 3600-foot level on
the way out I saw two Ruby-crowned Kinglets.
After I left the canyon and headed north over
low ridges I heard a Raven and what sounded like
a hummingbird. Dr. Miller worked the top
part of the south slope of the same canyon
and then dropped to the west into the north-
south canyon that we ascended Jan. 27 & that
enters Martinez Canyon at the 1500 foot level
a short distance above our camp. He collected
Titmice & Bush-tits at the upper level (about 5,
000 feet) and saw there a Nuttall Woodpecker
and a White-breasted Nuthatch. He collected
a Brown Towhee and several Hyla arancolor
in the canyon at the 2500-foot level. The weather
was calm & clear all morning but clouds over in the P.H.