Diary and bird list from Lake Tahoe and Fallen Leaf, v4509
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on a general cleanup and wash. Opposit camp across the stream there is a Sierra Del Drifted Sopocu with a sap tree. The tree is 1½" willow. He spends a great deal of time licking sap and insects from the bals. Once and a while he dips a new ring higher up, then leaves. for a while. At times he remains on the tree for at least a half hour going around in circles writing the upper bals most frequently. There are several [illegible] hummingbirds that enjoy the sap. Sopocu's bals. There is often a humming waiting to feed while the Sopocu is present.