Field notes, v672
Page 257
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Feathers 1935. Boyce Prairie, Prairie Creek State Park, 248 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. 33. [cont.] Oct. 19, 1935. from their horns about Aug. 15, were busy at this until Sept. 15 and that the mating season was from Sept. 15 until the middle of Oct. After lying down for about half an hour the elk arose and resumed grazing! Near the small fresh-water lake some 200 yds. inland from tidewater, I noticed a bittern, a green-backed goldfinch, two marsh wrens and a grebe. When it became dark, we drove back to camp. Weather - clear. Oct. 20, 1935. During the morning I worked on my report. In the afternoon I drove north on the high- way four miles, walked in about a mile and a half by trail and carried out the remainder of the elk skeleton mentioned Oct. 19. I then drove north to the town of Klamath on the Klamath R., to make inquiries about a herd of elk I had heard had been seen up the Klamath R. by one of the boatmen. All the information I was able to get was very vague, so I gave up my intention of any further investigation and returned to camp. Weather - clear.