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Lee Arnold
1937 Itinerary
Warm Spring, 4000 ft. 9 mi. E Hmedee, Lassen Co., Calif.
May 26. Hawks. While writing these notes I saw a Cnemidophorus slowly walking along a dirt bank about 50 yds. from camp. With the help of Fitch and Johnson I was able to shoot it. While procuring this specimen Johnson saw a Crotaphytus which I also shot (only after many attempts of the group to catch it by hand). It seems that Crotaphytus allows one to get closer without moving than does Cnemidophorus but when a person gets too close (i.e. 2 feet) it rapidly runs to another bush. Inasmuch as we are leaving this location today I will here give a nominal list of the birds seen in this vicinity in the last three days:
1. Great Blue Heron (dead one seen by Fitch)
2. Cackling Goose (dead)
3. T Mallard
4. Turkey Vulture
5. Western Red-tailed Hawk
6. Ferruginous Rough-legged Hawk
7. Swainson Hawk (?)
8. Bald Golden Eagle (about 5 mi. S.W.)
9. T Marsh Hawk.
10. Prairie Falcon (?)
11. Coot (remains of very dead bird)
12. Killdeer
13. T Mourning Dove
14. Poorwill