Davis 5 1946 SE End of Jackson Lake, Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles Co., Calif. May 2, 1946 Co., Calif., where we made camp and ate supper. Went for a 30 minute walk after supper, up a very dry canyon, which had evidently been brushed out, as the usual [illegible] under cover was lacking. Too dry for Eusa - tiva. Returned to camp. Elevation here 6050' according to altimeter. At about 8:30 p.m. we heard howls calling - a very low-pitched "hoot-hoot-hoot-hoot," with 1/2 second intervals. Possibly Flammula-ted Sreechows. And wrote these notes at 9 p.m. They are still calling. Must be about a quarter of a mile away. [illegible] I walked toward the owl to the west of camp, + Bob tried to call it in without success. However, from our closer position we could hear two other calls given by this owl, one a "hoot-hoot" with no interval between "hoots", and the other a "boodle-bool," exactly as Joe T. Mar-shall imitates the call of this owl. May 3, 1946 Spent from 7:30 until 10 o'clock in a canyon north-west of camp, rolling rotten logs without finding [illegible]. We broke camp at about 11 o'clock + headed for Big Pines Camp. On the way stopped and [illegible] took 2 pictures in the canyon where we