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De Benediclis
1964
10 June
Deep Springs to Oasis, Mono Co., Calif.
showing the clean white tail band [illegible] of a
Magnolia Warbler. We eventually got to
within 10 feet of the bird, in full plumage,
and could see this definitely, but not clearly
streaked yellow breast (almost gray across the chest),
yellow throat; the auriculars were gray like the
head, and [illegible] white mark above that was
very clear; [illegible]; the wings had a broad white
single bar like a Tandebooms. The back was gray, &
the lower belly & under tail coverts were white.
However, when we first found it, I got trouble
[first]
locating it, and yelled "There it goes out of its
tree!" No! That's a Redstart." I was able
to see this bird also, a bird in bright & plumage
and showing typical redstart actions of wing
and tail fanning. We didn't watch the redstart much
but had fine, long views of the Magnolia W. We heard
from Strong's wife that the other bird Oliver had seen
was a Colbird, but were not sure he had really
done so. At this point we decided to go to
Oasis, on the East side of the Whites. This
is another ranch located out in the open
sage country; The area here is 2-3 times
as large as Deep Springs, and there are
many more trees and much less under-
growth here. However a pond and several
irrigation ditches give a greater supply of water