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Journal
19.
Mayhew
1948
April 18 Jawbone Ridge, Stanislaus Not'l Forest, Toulumne Co., Calif,
them, tagging, clipping the ears & tail of
the old doe, they were turned loose.
Several hundred deer were seen in the
course of the day. One specimen of
Oreides fugubris was collected, as well
as several specimens of Ensatina
eachscholtzii. These were all found under
logs. Two lizards (Sceloporus) were found
under a rock. About 25 bats of the
genus Myotis were collected from the
wall of a cave. The birds seen during
the trip were: Hairy Woodpecker, California
Woodpecker, Western Lark Sparrow, California
Jay, Stellar's Jay, Junco, Robin, Great
Horned Owl, Purple Finch, Bald Eagle,
Black Phoebe, Meadowlark, Brewer's
Blackbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Turkey
Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk, Wren-tit, Bush-
tit, Red-shafted Flicker, Chipping Sparrow,
Mountain Snail, Violet-green Swallow,
Sharp-shinned Hawk, Killdeer, White-
crowned Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow.
1949
May 7 Conway Ranch, 2 miles east of Woodland, Yolo Co., Calif.
The weather today was warm, with very
few clouds, but the wind was blowing quite
hard from the north. Although the
greater part of the time was spent
in looking for Mallards, a number of