Humboldt Co., Nevada July 28-30. Orsrey-Journal. July 28 Lynch and I leave Berkeley at 4:30 PM, Mileage 28531 Arrive Sagehen Creek Station, Nevada Co, Calif at ~ 8:30 PM. Mileage 28727 July 29 up at dawn. Drove w/ Lynch to burned census plots 2 mi. SE of Station. Jim ran a census while I collected birds. Worked through a more or less open burn area with scattered Cerastis thickets. I shot one male green-tailed towhee out of a snag above the Chaparral. He was singing strongly. Another towhee was seen on his spot, probably his mate. Soon came upon a pair of Lazuli buntings in the Cerastis. The male flitted back and forth in the trees - took 3 shots I missed all. The female was skulking around in bushes very near me where she no doubt had a nest, and decided not to collect them. Saw: chipping sparrows, & Williamsons Sapsucker, Flickers, 1 Great horned owl, red breasted nuthatches, Mountain chickadees, Creepers, Audubon Warbler (shot a ?) (in Fir tree) and Western Tanagers Left Sagehen at ~10AM and drove to Winnemucca Nevada, thru N. on Hwy 95 to Paradise Valley. Stopped at bar D ask directions and took dirt road N of town D Hinkey Summit (~6500~7800') which is about 15 miles from town. On the way up we came upon a chukar partridge with a covey of ~15 half grown chicks - some could fly. Adult bird was loathe to fly but finally did so when James chased her w/ car. Then we traveled down the east side and stopped near a house a little distance from its summit. It was in an aspen grove where water formed a small stream and a bog on the hillside, with stunted cabbage and grasses and willows.