Field notes, v642
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Dairs. 1940 July 20. Mitchell, Crook Co., Oregon. whose cars had become bogged down in slides across the road. We got through, due to Sibley's excellent driving. This country all the way to Mitchell is greatly gulled & eroded. True cloudburst country. Mitchell a very poor sort of town. Drove on through Prairie City, and into the Whitman Nat'l Forest, where we camped for the night. On the way, saw Tyrannus tyrannus (2), and Sibley saw Columbian Sharp-tailed Grasse. We camped in transition (Lirne ponderosa, Tarif occidentalis ). July 21. Whitman Nat. For., Wheeler Co., - Baker, Baker Co., - Grande Ronde lake, Whitman Nat. For., 7100', Union Co., Oregon. Drove on to Baker, arriving there about 1:15 p.m. On the way, saw long-tailed chats, Pacific nighthawks, mountain bluebirds, tot long-tailed chickadees, song sparrow, barn swallow, western Kingbird, spotted Sandpiper, (cinnamon teal, mallard- Unity Reservoir ), Brewer blackbird, robin, meadowlark, raven, crow, Traill flycatcher, flicker, Lewis woodpecker, red-tailed hawk ( dead on road, both feet cut-off). Left Baker at 2:30 p.m. Arrived Anthony Lake at 4:00 p.m. Very heavily infested with Sunday tourists. Drove onto Grande Ronde Lake, about 220yds. wide, surrounded by deep meadows, butly numerous small isles. These