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Davis
1949
June 29.
Red's Meadow, 7500 ft, Sierra Nat'l For., Madera Co., Calif.
The young three-toed woodpecker woke us up early, and we
left camp a little after 5. We went after grubs.
Secured 15 or 20, and fed him pieces of grub,
which we poked down his gullet. He gets
very excited at feeding, and strikes at my
hand when not being offered food. He uses
the upright log in the cage, perching on it.
Pecks a lot at the floor and walls of the cage.
Went to Starkweather Lake around 10a.m. and
stayed till around 1:30. Heard Steller Jay,
red-breasted nuthatch, saw Cassin Finches.
Collected several hundred caddis-fly larvae
to feed the imp. Set traps in P.M. Saw in
Red's Meadow near ranger station. Saw first
mountain chickadee at this camp. In the after-
noon, an adult three-toed flew over and
gave the rattle call on the wing, and our
young one immediately responded, calling
several times. The mumble are very scarce, none
in camp as yet, and only one anywhere near.
Heard nighthawk's calling and diving at dusk.
June 30.
Fed woodpecker on caddisfly larvae. He still
makes a big fuss, fluttering the larvae all
over me, Patty, & himself. At noon, however,
he must have been very hungry, as he took
the first 8 or 10 larvae from the forceps very
readily and swallowed them rapidly. He was