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R.M. Zink
1979
Journal
Walk & Reno Nevada
10 July (sun.)
15 Forest Farm
100 Caty. Gull - infloated field
100+ Yellow-h, Blackbird
4 Gambel Quail
2 Meadowlark
10 Bl-b. Magpie
2 Robsn
4 West. Kingbird,
At Reno got 1/4 Mz + headed back for Benton. Stopped briefly at Mono Lake. Went E on Hwy 1209 took McGee Canyon road. Camped at local # RM 21083.
11 July I took car to Sawmill Rdw., looking for FoxSp. habitat.
This sage to 9000' fast sPne, but nowhere did I see manzanita sage community that Hunt (in Lindsay 1928) speaks of. There's lots of young Cegulus tremuloides which looks superficially like Aster-strathlyla, but I doubt seriously if this could have confused Hunt. I took off on a spur to "Cow Can Camp" (4 mi from Sawmill Rdw.) & then continued on an unmarked logging rd. Eventually I came to a grade that was a bit too steep. I tried to back up but couldn't. I then tried several logging roads, hoping they'd connect as an escape. I then managed to get stuck at the bottom/end of a logging road. At this