ual DeBenedictis 1961 Van Damme State Park to Albion, Mendocino Co., Calif. turkey vultures around. Camped in Van Damme State Park. Everyone went out but me. while they slept I' went out & registered & shopped. Saw Hummers, Steller Jays, Pine Siskin. later went to see the Bog. This is a large, grassy, shrub cabbage patch. Birds abundant along the edge in Poplars, pines, and firs, and on the shrub cabbage. lots & lots of Chestnut- Backed Chickadees & Wilson Warblers (probably nesting). Also a few Brown Creepers (on poplars), Winter Wrens, ? Hutton vireos (? Kinglets), a Western Wood Pewee. Saw Song Sparrows and 10-12 Rough-Winged Swallows in grassy, dry field. 2 Deer when we came in the park. later saw 7 Band-Tail Pigeons. Park naturalist told me he saw ground in the park. He doesn't know much about the fauna, is working on flora. Elvey put out 7 traps as he saw a squirrel. I saw a Townsend chipmunk. 22thly Elvey got a mouse. I put it up. Ants got the eyes. Still took about an hour. Heard chickadees, woodpecker, Oregon juncos while skinning. Went to the pygmy forest. Here is a growth ofunted Cypress, pines, rhododendron & manzanita in hard volcanic soil. Quite interesting. Saw Oregon juncos. Stopped at Albion Rhyacothiton site. Much vegetation & I couldn't reach any good looking stream. Saw a few Song Sparrows. Got 2 types of