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J. Davis.
1940.
July 21.
Grande Ronde Lake, 7100', Union Co., Oregon.
Harbor numerous [illegible] Sibley gave pygmy owl calls & brought down about 50 birds,
of the following species: - redbreasted woodpecker,
chipping sparrow, Lincoln sparrow, ruby-crow-
ned kinglet, Audubon warbler, hermit thrush.
We also saw a chipping sparrow feed young in
the grass at base of a tree. Drove back to ranger
station at Anthony Lake, obtained permission
to camp and shoot at Grande Ronde Lake, nor-
mally closed to shooters as it is in a recre-
cation area. Talked for some time with the
guard - named Kroger, from Washington
State. Knows plants & trees fairly well, and
something about birds, although he told us
he had seen rory fuchers down here by the
lake. Probably meant fine groo teaks. Re-
turned & made camp at edge of meadow at
south end of lake. Mostly lodgepole, but
also Abies magnifica, Perix occidentalis,
Abies conicarpa, and Picca engelmannii.
July 22.
Hunted before breakfast. Immature Oregon juncos and
Lincoln sparrow, adult chipping sparrow and mountain chicka-
dee were obtained. Skinned & m. Sibley and I hiked along
the ridge above the lake after lunch. Open, grassy terrain
with scattered lodgepole, fris, and toward the north end of the
ridge, Pimus alricaulis, with Artemisia (tridentate) growing
at their bases. At the base of the ridge, at one spot, Sibley