Field notes, v644
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1. Davis 6 1946 SE End of Jackson Lake, Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles to., Calif. May 3, 1946 had found 2 E. escholtzii on May 2. After Bob had taken the first picture, I rolled over the logs which he had photographed, and under one of them found an immature E. escholtzii, lying motionless in the moist wood debris beneath the log. Gave the specimen to Bob. Birds noted between Big Pine Camp & Jackson Lake: - Flammulated Screech Owl, Mour- ning Dove (mail), Mountain Chickadee, Plain Tit- mouse, Robin, Western Bluebird, Oregon Junco, Black-headed Grosbeak, White-headed Wood- pecker, California Woodpecker, white-breasted Nuthatch, Western Flycatcher, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Cassin Vireo, Steller Jay, and Band- tailed Pigeon. The most common birds in the area are Mountain Chickadees & California Woodpeckers. Some of the vegetation noted: - Q. Kelloggii; Q. chrysolepis, F. lambertiana, P. ponderosa, A. concolor, Salix sp., Alnus sp.; Ceanothus sp.; most of the Golden-leaf oaks were on the south-facing canyon slopes. We left Big Pine Camp and drove to the small settlement of Cajon, where we had lunch. The road (call) to Cajon falls rather abruptly to from 6000' to 4000', and only a few miles from Big Pine the country is parched & desert-like. Within 5 miles of Big Pine Camp we noted Yucca brevifolia and yucca whipplei, and the pines were very scattered and far apart. From