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DeBenedetti
1961
July 20
Dow Wote Co., Calif. to Garberville, Calif.
Grassy area got a Thamnophis sirtalis, saw a bush rabbit. Few birds. Steller Jays, chickadees calling, + a long trill. Saw Band-tail Pigeon. Got some Polypores on Poplar logs. Stopped at the beach between Anchun Trinidad where the Hwy goes between a lake and the Ocean. Saw few birds but some good. Over the lake Os prey (turkey white hawk with white cheek patches). On the beach Western Greyl + a Brown Pelican by the surf, spurrows in the hogs. Greyls, Western Creeber,
White-wing Scoter (? and other duck) in ocean
Brown Pelicans, ducks in lagoons here
way off shore. Several herons and an egret near Eureka. Took a side road thru. South Fork, McCann,
to Garberville. Stopped in a marshy area and saw Rana Boyleii, 2 sp. of dragon flies (Plathemis, Symetrid)
Later stopped at a small stream and took Rana Biglii + Dicamptodon. All state Parks fill so camped at a motel. Put 8 traps out. 5 species of birds seen Song Sparrow + Black Phoebe, Kingfishers, Killdeer
and swallows along the ELL River.
July 21
Garberville, Humbolt Co., Calif.
Nothing in the traps. Birding in the A.M. perched spotted + Brown Towels, Song Sparrow, robin,
wilson wabler, crow, turkey vulturs, spotted sandpiper, button + ?warbling (poor view) Vireos, Hairy
woodpecker, Western Tanager. Sennel Jays (chevel Steller)
Black Phoebe (nesting on cliff like swallows. Nest is a