Field notes, v644
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Red's Meadow, 7500 ft., Seiva Trail Tr., Maderna to, Calif. July 7, 1948 Jole fine right in camp. Probably the bird we have seen nearly every day around camp. Olive-sided flycatchers are heard nearly every day early in the a.m. Left for Camp. July 8, 1948 Hiked to a faint about 2 1/2 mi. below Rainbow Falls. The country here is about 1000 ft. lower than camp, i.e. 6500 ft. Away from the river the trees become larger + very widely spaced, and there are numerous patches of manzanita and eleanthus cordulatus, from which I failed to start any Fox Sparrows. Heard several Stellar Jays + Mountain Quail, Saw Flicker and 1 Henderbilled Nuthatch. Went back along trail towards Rainbow Falls about a mile, then took an unposted side trail which led me to a ridge top fairly heavily timbered, with scattered patches of eleanthus cordulatus, from which I collected a pair of Fox Sparrows. By this time I had wandered far from the trail, became turned around, and crossed three ridges before I picked up another trail. This I followed until I went 1000 ft (by type sheet) down a very steep grade, coming out on the Aspen- covered bank of a large stream. Here I met