Field notes, v644
Page 129
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Davis 37 946 White Rock Ranger Station, 4800 ft. Trinity Co. Calif. May 30, 1946 side of which the road is cut. The top of the ridge was park-like yellow pine forest with understory of Ceanothus (Cordu- latus?), scrub oak, and seedling yellow pines. Took 2 Fox Sparrows, a mountain chickadee, and a pygmy owl along the ridge top. Heard numerous Cassin finches singing in the tree-tops. On the way down collected an Oregon Junco by a shaded creek. The bird was one of a fair that came to my owl calls. Skinned in P.M. May 31, 1946 Trap lines yielded 1 Microtus californicus. Went east of camp about 1 1/2 miles and then left the road and cut up to the top of the ridge. The top of the ridge was very rocky with large, dense patches of manzanita and Ceanothus growing between the rocky outcroppings. There were numerous Fox Sparrows in the Ceanothus and their call notes + song were the predomina- ting bird noises along the ridgecrest. Hiked along the crest and then worked down through the yellow pine - Douglas Fir forest back to the road, taking Three Fox Sparrows, a mountain chickadee, an Audubon Warbler,