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Strong. 1921. Half Way Cabin, 40 mi. n. Hazelton, 151.
Lichen (grey) in a few exposed places. There are two small burns, very thick with dead timber {birchweed}, alder, and hazel brush), and in the bottom are a few marshy meadows. Around the midway cabin is a small clearing with red elder berries growing in some quantities and there were attracting many birds, black headed Jays in numbers, several Canada Jays, many Gambels Sparrows White Winged Crossbills (the males in red plumage) and a couple of Sharp Shinned Hawks to police the locality. Along the trail were Chickadees (heard some but saw none), Ruby Crowned Kinglets, Gambel Song, and Friedlin Sparrows. Many Hermit and Varied Thrushes in the heavier timbers. Some Crested Jays, Prolins, and Fledglings (very many, chiefly auratus) Shot one American Three Toed Woodpecker, and saw what I believe to be an Arctic Three Toed in the burnt timber, where he was very noisy. There were a few Duffed Geese in the bottoms, chiefly old birds and very wild. Ran into two Franklin Grouse which hopped up in a nearby spruce and waited for me to shoot them. This was in the mossy spruce and hemlock forest. A few rods farther on I secured another in the same way. Saw many Red Squirrels, and saw the tracks of a Porcupine, but saw no other mammals. Camped very comfortably in the "half way" cabin, fed my horse, did a little