Paris 1948. 7500 ft. Red's Meadow, Sierra Nat'l. For., Madera Co., Calif. July 3, 1948. Arrived last night + put up camp. There are many people here, and the camp ground is nearly full. Mostly fishermen. The road from Mammoth Lakes P.O. to this spot is good for about 5 miles, but the last 5 miles involve a sharp drop from 9000 to 7500 ft., and the road has many sharp hairpin turns. Can be negotiated by a truck, and many of the people here brought trailers in O.K. The country around here is red fir - lodgepole pine-Jeffrey pine, with very little understory. The ground is very dry and dusty, but there are numerous creeks bordered with lush growth of alder, willow, sedges, + what appears to be Ribes. There are also numerous soggy, grassy meadows, bordered by first fives. In a.m. hiked to Rainbow Falls, on headwaters of San Joaquin River, some 2 miles away. Looked for black swifts but saw none. On way back, took a ? Williamson Sapsucker from a lodge-pole at extreme SE corner of Devil's Postpile Nat'l Monument. This bird had several large black ants in its bill when shot. In f.m. went to Devil's Postpile + Soda Spring meadow. After supper Betty set trap along a creek near camp, and I