Paul DeBenedictis 1961 June 30 Donner Lake, Nevada Co., Calif. failed towees calling. Also saw a very green ? hummer (? black chin) (black eye strip, white belly) feeding at some thistles. The Chlosyne Annae blues associated closely with a lotus, near oblongifolus), the ? Dotted blue on pussy paws (Calyptridium). About 5 birding near the cabin produced Mt. Chickadees, pewees, robins, Stellar Jays, Wilson warblers, & song sparrows, the latter two in Alder thickets. Wilson ?s calling, chip chip chip - whistled and echoed as if they were calling into a metal storm drain. Swallows and gulls on Donner Lake as usual. Saw one ? gray squirrel. Another hummer near the cabin about 6 P.M., flying up in the pines. (3 or so species here - ? callipe, rofous, blackchins, but no ?s seen). Found a juvenile Mt. chicadee, just able to fly, and many juncos & robins are in comparable condition. Juv. juncos look much like vesper sparrows (See June 26) July 1 Sagehen Creek area, north of Truchee, Calif. heft for Berkeley about 12:35, via Calif 89 north to Calif 49, thence to Hubert home on U.S. 40. North from Truchee much open sage-brushy forest. The fire last year burned this far & farther, clearing an area 1/2 to a mile wide of trees. None ? burned forest with little under growth but many lush meadow areas along Little Truchee R. Stopped at Pine Valley Road (a dirt road off Calif. 89 beyond Sagehen