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K Dixon
1950
33
Journal
June 21. Robinson Cr., 7 mi SW Bridgeport, 6900 ft., Mono Co., Calif.
slopes to W which had pine forest higher up. I collected
a California (?) Toad (#431) at dusk in grass & saw others.
June 22. We got up & had breakfast. Noted common birds:
Brewer Blackbird (carrying nesting (?) material), Wood
Pewee, House Wren, Yellow Warbler, Cassin Finch.
See account of Mustela vison for this date.
We left camp about 8:45 am & drove to Bridgeport
and then to the old mining town of
Bodie, 8300 ft., Mono Co., Calif. an area of shallow
valley surrounded by higher sagebrush-covered hills.
Here we noted Belting? ground Squirrels and
Red-shafted Flicker (heard) Mtn. Bluebird
Say Phoebe Green-tailed Towhee
Cliff Swallow White-crowned Sparrow
Rock Wren Brewer Sparrow
House Finch
We left Bodie about 11:30 and drove back down the dusty road to,
3 mi SW Bodie, 8000 ft., Mono Co., Calif at place where a brook
about a foot across crosses the road and an old cabin stood
beside the road. A pair of Mountain Bluebirds had a nest
wedged between the window frame and the sheet tin covering the win
on the west side of the two-room building. I saw 2 young which
looked & acted as though ready to leave the nest. The parents
were feeding the young & I took the white-headed ? (#432).
A pair of Say Phoebes had a nest inside the cabin in
a ledge in one corner. The young in this nest seemed to be a
Buff?, Zenaidura, Oreoscopy?
few days old only. Also in this area:
Salpinctes.