Field notes, v601
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Nov. 4 Little Bapus Cr., 4 mi NE Ager, 2600 ft., Siskiyou Co., Calif. Townsend Solitaire - one taken by Norman - no others seen. Robin - several individuals Mtn. Quail - flock of 8 or 9 in isolated brush patch near streamcourse at 10:45 - moved upslope to clump of 2 or 3 oaks, crossing 15 yards of open grassland usually singly, afoot. My impression was that they were easily observed in this habitat in which brush patches were small and scattered. Red-shafted Flicker heard Oregon Junco one flock of 3 or 4 Rana boylii - as I approached a pool in stream bed perhaps 3 x 5 ft in surface, many small frogs jumped into water - I captured 3, either in mass of algae on bottom or exposed on rock substrate - they exhibited a tendency to remain motionless even though not protected by cover over them. Norris recorded Brown Creeper and Red-tailed Hawk and took Golden-crowned Sparrow and Wh-breasted Nuttall's We left this area at 12:30 driving toward Ager. Lewis Walker - several singly on fenceposts of cultivated fields of oak - juniper area. The mother of the rancher said that today was the first warm morning they had experienced in a week. Temperatures reached freezing nightly. There had been some rains, an aid to their grain crops. Montague, Siskiyou Co., Calif. we saw several Black-billed Magpie in the vicinity; Brown Towhee habitat marginal