Paul DeBenedetti 1961 June 24 Truchee River South of Truchee, Placer Co., Calif. Went to Truchee River about 4 miles from U.S. 40 along Calif. 89 where the west side is very wide & level. The area is quite open, cleared, with sagebrush and scattered ? ponderosa pines. Along the river willows (especially) and alders grow profusely, and grass & small (but few) flowens covered the ground. Chipmunks were numerous every where, on the ground & in the trees, calling all the time. I also saw a large chickaree (gray squirrel with black sides) coming down from some pines. Butterflies were scarce, except for Papilio eurymedon tritulus, but Doug got a Spyleia hydaspe, and we saw a few whites & Polygonia. Birds were abundant. In the pines were white-br. Nutatches, Mt. Chickadees, robins, Steller jays, a & black-headed grosbeak, warbling vireos, ? warblers (10 types), and juncos. On the ground were juncos, robins, and a f "Linnet." In the willows were yellow warblers (many), song sparrows, pewees, robins, vireos (chased into pine, ? a wren, and a thrush (? Swainson, but quite nuddy). Saw two hairy woodpeckers in a tall poplar, and a slichen fly across the river. (? Cliff) swallows flew over the river and a pair of spotted sandpipers were quite conspicuous on the gravelly river bank. Saw one juvenile. In the air 2 large black turkey vultures (wing held above horizontal). Sea gulls over Donner Lake. We were gone from 11 A.M. to about 2.