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Davis
1948
Red's Meadow, 7500 ft; Sunahat Trail, Madera Co., Calif.
July 8, 1948
set undetermined. It was in the grass + alders by a boggy spot on the trail. The
third was seen walking slowly at the edge
of an alder thicket by a stream. It was a
hen. As I walked toward her, 5 young flew
from the grass surrounding the thicket. They
were smaller than the first young flushed,
but flew well. Mountain Quail were heard
hooding at least 4 or 5 times. Heard one Cassin
Vireo in the first pine on a high ridge.
Hickorys seen commonly. Sap suckers were
heard drumming often. Probably Williamsa's.
The birds seem about the same on the ridges
as down here, save for the grouse + quail. At
Fish Creek, the fisherman told me that he had
killed one rattler, + chased another down a
squirrel burrow. The only mammals noted
were golden mantled & Beechey ground squirrels.
Bellvigi seems to be replaced by Beecheyi
(higher up) lower down Rd.
July 9, 1948
In camp all day.
July 10, 1948
In a m. walked toward Rainbow Falls, but
turned off on Fish Creek Trail just before we
hit the falls. Saw 1 Black Swift flying