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K Dixon
1951
Nov 2 Gray Roche, 21 mi NE Redding, 2500 ft. Shasta Co. Caly.
The day dawned clear; light filmy clouds moved in from W during forenoon forming thin overcast. Breeze from E after 10:00. I hunted on slope S of camp from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.
Steller Jay - numerous, often seen singly but with tendency toward gregariousness. I took 3 and left another in mixed ever mass high in oak.
Scrub Jay - 2 heard simultaneously; later a Scrub Jay, perhaps a third, seen in Digger Pine upslope.
Acorn-storing Woodpecker - 2 in tall snag near end of road wary
Hairy Woodpecker - several heard, one taken (7,627) in Digger Pine
Downy Woodpecker - one moved through camp during breakfast
Red-shafted Flicker - common
Mountain Quail - a flock of not more than 9 or 10 in patch of scrubby oaks on sunny slope at 8:45. Single individuals moved upslope on foot - one flew I took two - another flew upslope, there were clicks and whimpering calls and others apparently moved away from me to westward in brush. No others encountered.
Wren-frit - single bird seen in brush on sunny slope.
Spotted Towhee - pair in scrubby oaks
Bewick Wren - in same area
Bush-frit - flock of + 8 moved along in oak brush and crossed jeep onto W slope.