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July 26, 1948, Crater Lake, Munson Valley, south of Headquarters - 1330-1700.
Elev. 6250' to 6350'.
Higher ridges parklike (mostly lupine now). Red fir, hemlock, and lodgepole.
Valleys inbetween springy and boggy with willow thickets along creeks.
Sedge and elephant heads.
Golden-eagle soaring over Garfield and Applegate peaks about 3 p.m.
Rufous Hummingbirds several seen
Steller Jays scolding and 1 chasing Nutcracker
Nutcracker - pair flying ching adeptly from live and dead red firs and feeding
young in 50' red fir at nest height of 35 to 40 feet.
Mountain Chickadee - several pairs
duby-crowned Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglets
Orange-crowned Warblers - 2 pairs seen in overlapping territory with Lincoln Sparrow
Calaveras Warbler - several singles feeding in lodgepole and hemlock.
On pair in willow territory with Orange-crowned Warblers and Lincoln Sparrows.
Black-throated Gray Warbler - 1 male
W. Tangers - calling and singing most of the afternoon
Juncos - pairs very common. 1 nest containing 4 young on ground at base of
hemlock-red fir clump in dry parkland area.
Chipping Sparrow male calling at 1650
Lincoln Sparrows - apirs in willow-bog territories - one pair had nest we could not
find in Salix eastwoodae thicket.
July 27, 1948. Fort Klamath - irrigated valley area - mostly beef cattle pasture.
0720-0750.
Red-tailed Hawk
S parrow Hawk - 2
Killdeer
Flicker - in lodgepole brush
Western Bluebirds
Mountain Bluebirds - 4 or 5 of them in open field areas.
July 27, 1948. Pine Meadow area north of Rocky Point. 0920-0945.
Flickers - many on the ground
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Steller Jays common
Bush-tits - pair - very brown-headed.
Pigmy Nuthatches in yellow pine
Robins
Golden-crowned Kinglets
Warbling Vireo
Calaveras Warbler in yellow pine and hemlock
Cassin Pur ple Finch
Green-tailed Towhee - 1st one I have ever seen. It was in a small clump of
serviceberry under a yellow pine tree in open gravelly soil area. The light
was just perfect for viewing all its colors and irridescence.