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Feathers Boys Prairie Prairie Creek State Park, 240 ft., '1935.
Humboldt Co., Calif.
(cont.)
Oct. 7, 1935-
the trunk from about two feet above the ground to
a height of seven feet. The tree was three feet in
diameter. Gashes in the wood torn from below,
indicated the work of a bull elk. Later on, farther
inland, we found another such tree. Elk sign
was fresh and plentiful from the tops of the
bluffs to about a mile inland. From there on
to camp there was little fresh sign.
In places within the one mile belt near the
ocean we saw sword fern roots with the
leaves eaten off, which had evidently been
either pulled from the ground during the
elk's feeding or dug up with the hoofs. We
found two beds of elk in old rotted redwood.
The rotten wood had been scattered and
a slight depression made in the center. The
beds were some five feet or more in diameter.
As we continued our walk from where
we struck the Upper Gold Bluff trail we heard
two chipmunks and saw a doe and fawn deer.
We arrived in camp about 4:30 P. M., having
walked about 12 mi. by trail.
Oct. 8, 1935.
Russell and I left camp at 6:40 A. M. One
and one half miles west of camp, on the Upper
Gold Bluff trail, Russell shot a chickaree,