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K'Dixon
1949
20.
Journal
April 22. Sawmill, 27 mi. NE Globe, 5600 ft., Gila Co., Ariz.
Timber became mixed instead of pure yellow pine. On these rocky slopes (small rocks 1/2 - 2 ft.) and on the top of the ridge, which ran NW-SE, there was a mixed growth of yellow pine, blue? oak and juniper with scattered lower shrubs (scrub oak, manzanita, ceanothus, a pale juniper etc.). Height of the trees varied from 15 - 25 ft. with some of the yellow pines taller. Herbs of various sorts were in flower and Agave [illegible] and a few scattered Mammillaria (pinushian cactus) were present.
Some of the juniper trunks showed evidence of previous fire, examining April 23 - merely marks of cracking of bark. Perhaps local. I hunted on ridge from 7:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Noted 2 cottontails but didn't get a shot at either. [illegible] Saw deer pellets and an old track. Noted one small lizard running over pine needles, perhaps Sceloporus.
Arizona Jay - collected a ? (#346) out of a flock of 5 birds and another bird (#347) out of a flock of about a dozen. In the mixed woodland, these birds remained in the taller yellow pines. The kee? calling to one another incessantly but were rather wary.
Myiarchus cinerascens. I heard a flycatcher in the taller pines but was unable to see it, assuming it was a Cassin Kingbird from its voice. I shot a ? (#34) in a tall yellow pine as it was calling ke twee?. No others were about but I heard one downlope to west later.
From Woodchucks: Quite a few individuals in the woodland - difficult to stalk - I took one which flew into a tree near where I stood.