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37.
June 24. 3 1/2 mi W and 3 1/2 mi S Benton, 7000 ft., Mono Co., Calif.
In country here which was almost entirely pines, I
found family group of Plain Titmice (see specs acc't).
Pinon jay flock in pines on this slope
Bush-tit 2 seen together
Clark Nuttall one individuals seen
Sparrow Hawk one No WIND
Snatcher heard
Green-tailed Towhee (in Artemesia away tree)
Western Tanager one or worked up canyon.
I took a Sceloporus (#440) in sagebrush clump.
We left here at 3:45 after getting stuck in sand. As a
last resort, I drove madly down a brushy slope to get car
back on road headed downhill. We returned to camp after
dining in Bridgeport.
Robinson Cr. 7 mi SW Bridgeport, 6900 ft., Mono Co., Calif.
Calm evening. Robin in camp feeding full-grown juvenile.
Poewill heard calling from sagebrush slope near tree after
dark. Trailor(?) Flycatcher in willow clump, meadow, aspen
grove area at dusk made descent giving flight song
which I recorded as "whip-a-dee-ah". Bird at height
about 20 feet when first seen + flew into clump of young fir
perhaps 15 feet above ground. Toads didn't seem so
active this evening. We talked to fishermen from time
to time. Most had mediocre success which they blamed
on high water. One man had taken three trout in