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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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patch erected nearly perpendicular)
- Poorwill (about & heard at once from rocky
hillsides about camp. Answered call to batone)
- Screech Owl ( one heard calling inside Canyon
near comp )
- Golden Eagle ( Johnson called my attention to
3 birds sailing over camp early this morning;
2 were Eagles & the other a Turkey Vulture.
Similar angle of Vultures wings & silvery
undersurface noticeable. Also saw golden head
on one of the eagles) about 15
- Crossbills? ( Saw flock of birds Custer Way wing
size flying & circling over camp early in
morning! Giving notes that occur in pairs
& maybe called "Kip-Kip", very soft
staccato. Wing beat slower than Warwinge.
Light was bad & couldn't distinguish
colors with glasses - tails somewhat longer than
Warwinge )
- Ash-throated Flycatcher ( one found building
nest inside Juniper stub { photo + description later }
is packing fur of some kind in Woodpecker-like
hole)
- Scott Oriole ( Found 2 nests that look typical
oriole of light brown fillets in Juniper near
camp - & Scott Oriole seen to fly & give Clucking
notes as it left a nest apparently just began
about 15 high in Canyon - other nest in same tree)