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June 19-20, Silver Lake cont'd.
Robin - Several pairs in area. Still calling at 9 p.m.
Nest - in top fork of 10-11' high red fir in semi-open. Nest at 10 or 9 feet.
Contained 2 eggs on 19th and 20th. F very skittish, on and off. Base of nest
of fresh yellow-green lichen with mud on side and lined dry grass and needles.
On nest at 7 a.m.
Nest - at 8 feet on south limb of live lodgepole along paved road. F on 2X-5:3
Hermit Thrush - 1 heard p.m. of 19th, and about 11:30 a.m. at least 4 singing loud and
clear near camp on 20th.
Townsend Solitaire -
Ruby-crowned Kinglets - some singing.
Warbling Vireo - several, with strong cal ls.
Orange-crowned Warblers
Yellow Warbler
Audubon Warbler
Hermit Warbler - nice males seen.
Redwings -
Brewer Blackbirds
Western Tanagers - pairs - male defending territory about camp which appeared to
be about kite-shaped, 75 x 150 x 120 x 100 feet in size.
Black-headed Grosbeak - few
Cassin Finch - several - one F with pine siskins.
Pine Grosbeak - 2 apairs seen. Nest on SE side of live lodgepole at 20' high, about
8 feet out from trunk in crotch. F working on nest several times, accompanied
by male who stayed away from nest and preened while female worked, etc. Nest (
about 3" across and of fine dry grass, twig base to nest.
Pine Siskin - 4 or 5 , 1 with Cassin Finch female.
Red Crossbill - 1 pair
Green-tailed Towhee - chasing Wood Pewee. Singing at 20 feet in juniper in open.
Oregon Junco - many pairs, and observed M feeding nearly 2/3 grown young bird, the
only young bird of any species seen this weekend.
Nest - in low bank overhang od dirt and grass - F on evening, 7:30 a.m.,
10 a.m., and noon. 4 eggs.
Chipping Sparrow - 3 pair
White-crowned Sparrows - many sallying forth for bugs to 50-60' or so.
Fox Sparrow on hillside, singing at 10:30 a.m. from low shrubs.
June 20, 1954, Kit Carson Pass, C.S.H.88 south 3 miles to Winnemucca Lake, Alpine Co.C
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Spotted Sandpiper at Frog Lake .
Calliope Humminbird - lM
Williamson Sapsucker
Wood Pewee
Clarke Nutcrackers flycatching from tops of trees
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Huthatchers
Rock Wren on slopesof Elephant's Back.-sev. songs.
Robins
Mountain Bluebirds
Townsend Solitaires
Audubon Warblers
Cassin Finches common
Pine Siskins
Oregon Juncos
Lincoln Sparrow - 2
White-crowned Sparrows in meadow-marsh.
Summit of Elephant's Back, 9,500' e
Tree Swallow - 1 adult
Pipit - 1 on top of rock pile
Finch - ? Cassin or Rosy femal