Catalogue and species accounts, v1302
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A. Good 1980 Journal Los Padres National Forest, S. Calif. 24 July spp. list. We then drove NW on 32513, back the way we had come + then E on 166 to 33+ S on 33 to 9N03. E on 9N03 to 6N04 at Chuchupate RS +E on 6N04 to the first major churbadee collection site at: 15 mi. N + L mi. W Fragier Mtn., 2150 m., Ventura Co., Calif. [T. 8N, R. 20W, NE¼ Sec. 15] We reached this spot ca. 1600 + spent the rest of the day collecting. (Habitat - tall Jeffrey (?) pines surrounded by chaparral fields. also scrub oaks among the pines. slopes varying from gentle to very steep! Extensive Pinyon pines at lower elevations (see spp. accounts for churbadees, see journal 5 [Kaiser for spp. list.] ca. 2030 we drove down the mountain + spent the night in Chuchupate campground. Los Padres + Angeles National Forests, S. Calif. 25 July. Up 615. weather today clear, calm, hot (perhaps 90's in lower areas.) Since we were in a campground w/ other people, we immediately left to find a better place to look for Wrentits. We found such a place c. 0730 at 1½ mi. N + ½ mi. W Fragier Mtn., 1720 m., Ventura Co., Calif. [T. 8N, R. 20W, SE¼ Sec. 9] We walked around here for a couple of hours but found only 3 Wrentits, all of which were collected early + which responded to taped songs. (Habitat here intermixed patches of chaparral (mostly scrub oak w/ some other spp. + Pinyon pine forest (w/ some Jeffrey pine + scrub oak.