Catalogue and species accounts, v1302
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J.A. Good 1980 Journal 1½ mi. N + 3 mi. W Eaton Pk., 1650 m., Siskiyou Co., Calif. [L.T. 40 N, R. 10 W, SW F sec. 14] 28 June (cont) before I got back to the camper I found a Dipper which I sat and watched for some time hoping to see it run under water. All it did was fly from rock to rock in the stream and bob up + down (flicking its tail at the same time). Every once in a while it would cock its head + look down at the water. As I had never seen one before I paid particular attention to its characters. As I got up to leave, it flew to a log across the stream. Since it was over dry land for the first time, I took the opportunity to collect it. I returned to the camper ca. 0800 + took tissues from a Solitane I had collected earlier and then I went back out—down the road this time. I ran into Susan after a while + we both attempted to find some Fox Sparrows → there were not many and those we did hear were far down or up a steep slope. We returned to the camper ca. 0930. Bob had returned by that time + brought some Mt. Lion scat he had found (full of deer hair). Since I had little to prepare and Bob + Susan had a fair amount, I went back out but instead of collecting I went down the hill to a 0.75 m deep pool in the creek I had seen earlier + went "swimming" It was all I could do to completely submerge myself. I later measured the temp. of the creek → 7°C. I then returned to the camper + we had breakfast ca. 1030. We then moved up the road to a new locality: