Field notes, v644
Page 553
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J.Davis 1949 June 28. Red's Meadow, 7500 ft., Sierra Nat'l For., Modesto, Calif. Junior squall'd intermittently throughout the next hour or so, chaffing and rattling, and at times thrusting his head and neck far out of the hole. The ♀ was in the vicinity most of this time. At about 3 o'clock, the ♀ came into an adjacent tree, then flew to the next tree and perched below the hole. She fed the young, and flew, and just as she flew, Junior came out of the hole and flew, strongly, though never more than three or four feet above ground, about 35 yards obliquely out into the meadow and settled in the grass. We went after him and caught him in a dip net. Took him to camp and made a box for him. After an hour or so, petty fed him portions of two grubs we secured from a fallen tree. Other birds seen today: Evening Grosbeak, a pair in camp, Robin, 1♂ Abdalon War- bler in full breeding plumage, Lincoln and Song Sparrows, 1 each, Pileolated War- bler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet (several) 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, Trail Flycat- ter, White-crowned Sparrow, Fewee (lean only), Junco, Williamson and Red-breasted Sapsucker.