Field notes, v642
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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