Bill Arvey Journal 1965 July 11 saw a golden crowned kinglet which came down to investigate me. Further in about half a mile, as I was trying to get a shot at a warbler, an Empidonax came in close and I got him. On the way back I saw a thrush (sp). Bird life quiet because of the rain generally, and I spent the afternoon skinning. July 12 Started for Lava Beds at 1030 AM. The trail starts up sharply over the hill then down to Falls creek which tumbles thru a gorge of Schist there. Above the schist layer seems to be a basaltic layer, up out of its gorge then over across some forest where we saw in one small glade. ? & ? American Redstarts, ? Macgillivray's W., & magnolia warbler. It seemed as if the calls of one kind attracted all these to that spot. After the forest came the Lava beds. This is a surface layer of volcanic froth which seems to extend for a square mile or more. The vegetation is sparser here with no herbaceous undergrowth. Cariboo? do forage here as evidenced by dropping. Many burned snags stick up in this area. On one was a West Wood Pewee. Another seemed a favorite for R. shafted flickers, we saw 3 come and leave in a very short while. One was lighter, had no red mustache which looked like it could have been a yellow shafted but we didn't see him fly. This seemed to be a roosting place for Common nighthawks also, before long 3 were flying around. One dove several times making a whirring sound as he pulled out.