Little Lake, Calif. July 18, 1933. Tended th traps early. No luck. After breakfast at about 6 o'clock I took a hike up Little Lake Creek. This small stream drops rapidly down a narrow gorge from a high bluff above Kern Canyon. It flows between the East shoot and the lake but is in no way connected with th lake. The absence of bird life along the stream was noticable, although it seemed an ideal place in that there were many willows and other low growing shrub. There were also many yellow, and sugar pinus and some cedar scattered about. The evidence of bird life was not noticed until I left the river at th rocky bluff and got into the oak and pine thickets. Here I shot a young bird of some variety a Mountain Chickadee and another unidentified bird 382. These birds were taken at about 1500 feet above the river (Kern). Returning I swung to the East and into th oakth in the East shoot. Here I shot a & Audubon