Field notes, v666
Page 245
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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.