Field notes, v1670
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Strong. 1921. Hazelton, B.C. 64. ? Saw what I thought was a Downy Woodpecker on a dead tree but was unable to secure it. Shot a Busky Mt. Hairy Woodpecker, and farther on heard, and saw a Pileated Woodpecker, quite a ways off in the dead timber.. Saw Vanx and Black? Swifts, the latter in a flock of about six. Too high to hit. Heard Red-Eyed Vireos singing , and heard a strange continued high-pitched note which Mr. S warth thinks was a Chelidotes . Saw one Puffed Goose, and two Snowshoe Rabbits, one of which Mr. Swarth secured. My traps only had one Screech ( same trap ), and one Peromyscus. Saw several Sparrow Hawks today, and one small flock of Rusty Blackbirds. ~~~ Sat. June 11. Started early in the morning with the best of intentions to climb Poucher Wleburds Mt. Arrived at the sanddust pile, shooting one fincheln Sparrow en route. Followed the creek from here, Lost my way in a typical coast-belt forest of cedars, spruces, deer's club and salmon-berry brush, alive with flies and mosquitoes. Head right up the Mt., shooting two Steller Jayp en route; had the hell of a climb up to a spur where I could get no farther worked my way thru alder brush, down the burned slides to the creek, at lunch and finally got my way out thru the timber and brush. Next time I'll hit the trail or not go. There is no life whatsoever up in the slides and burned timber.