Farallon Islands and Surrounding SF Bay Area, v4278
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cordulatus). A little deer-brush and willows grow in the moist locations and in forest trees the red firs here predominate with occasional mountain firs, cedars and a few pines. The oaks give out near the Junction. BIRDS OBSERVED AT ECHO. Western Redtail Golden Eagle (Watson) Macgillivray's Warbler Thick-billed Sparrow (Common) Olive-sided Flycatcher Western Wood Pewee Blue-fronted Jay Western Robin Arctic Bluebird Red-br. Sapsucker Mt. Chickadee Green-tailed Towhee Louisiana Tanager Thur er's Junco Plumed Quail Sooty Grouse Warbling Vireo Calaveras Warbler West. Evening Grosbeak Red-shafted Flicker Spurred Towhee California Creeper Sparrowhawk. FRIDAY JUNE 14. We left Echo about I p. m. for the summit. Taylor and I walked and Jen drove. The country is excessively rocky to the top of Slippery Ford hill. Here the junipers start in, followed a short distance farther up by tamaracks. Quaking asp began at 10:30. Thick-billed Sparrows and Green-tailed Towhees were our only birds for a distance. At about 7200 feet I shot a Williamson's Sapsucker