Galapagos field notes, v579
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D. Benedetti 1964 10 June Wyman Creek, White Mts., Inyo Co., Calif. and Orange-Crowns with them. Yellows scattered all along through the willows. Heard two Solitary Vireos singing in the junipers above the creek, but they were way up a cliff & I was too tired to chase them (both may have been isolated birds) - still wonder if it breeds in the White's, arbitrarily. As we got still lower along the creek we began to run into flocks of Western Tanagers, mostly flycatching among the willows, and undoubtedly late migrants. The Gray Flycatchers gave way to Dusky for no apparent reason at at the lower parts of the creek. No groups were formed at all. Also Grosbeaks above-sided Towhees canard Billock Oriole appeared along here. The road left the creek going into sagebrush country (saw a Desert Sparrow line) then back down to the creek. Lots of Tanagers line + a few Lazuli Buntings. Shortly below here the willows disappear and we entered the Deep Springs valley. Birds seen along this route in addition to those already mentioned were: Red-tail & Sparrow Hawk, Vulture, Killdeer, Mourning Dove, White-thr. Swift; Flicker, Sapsucker (sp - clumping); Ash-thr. Flycatcher; Pewee; Olive-sided Flycatcher; Violet-green & tree Swallows; Rovens; Mt. Chickadees, Bresleets, Bewick's, House, Rock, and Canyon Wrens, Mt. Bluebird; Ruby-c. Kinglet; Cedar Warbling;