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DeMay, J. S.
1942
journal
may 29. Cedar Grove, S Fork, Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Caly.
(cont.) junco; fox sparrow; pileated woodpecker
heard; chickadee; lots of snow plants; ground
squirrel; chickadee; Nuttall flycatcher ("What
greens you?") heard repeatedly. Mountain
quail heard; ground squirrel; fox sparrow
(singing on rock). Mat of green pine
needles under trees, made by grouse, which eat
tender buds of the tree. At Summit Meadow,
white violets; buttercups; robins; jays;
frogs heard. Snow in patches all around;
elevation about 8000 ft. junco; white-
crowned sparrow; lodge-pole pines around
wet meadow. Sierra red-breasted sapsucker
seen on dead pine in meadow. White-
headed woodpecker higher up. Clarke
nutcracker seen flying near Lookout
Peak (8547 ft.). Chipmunks and
celophorus here also.
Back at camp, a creeper heard. Also
a chickadee seen running from rock to
rock and tree to tree. It ran rapidly and
jerkily between rocks or trees, poised there for
a few moments and ran on.
Temperature this morning was 32°, according
to Mr. Dillon. Became warmer in forenoon.