m. Redon, 1942 33. Oareige Hammingsford E. Fork Sheep Creek, 5, 500 ft., Kings R. Canyon, Fresno C. City May 31, 1942 in vicinity nest & gone from such a perch my impression has been that she was insect hunting; however, three times when she leave. for periods of 5 and 6 minutes, it is im- possible to say where she goes. Furthermore, although I have wanted to investigate the territory in the direction in which she goes next often, it is impractical to do this because the side of the gorge are steep & covered with slippery loose gravel & Mr. Dixon tells us that these steep sides are good only to stay away from. Was gone six minutes & fed young re return. Again slid onto nest, facing East (slittle North of East actually) and facing me almost directly. It is an interesting thing to note that for some reason she alternates. She leaves the nest & returns without feeding the young; next trip she feeds them on her return, etc. This has been true thus for this morning, & was true yesterday afternoon. Yesterday morning she had been upset by my spying into the nest & perhaps this helps account for the irregularity in this sequence of events at that time. She stayed on the nest for 2 min. & then flew off again. N.N.W. I was able to follow her for a time & see