Field notes, v510
Page 545
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Behle 1934 Fillon to Reno Nevada. Sept. 30, 1934. and out on the old lake bed I imagine of Carson Lake. It was great open flat country not entirely barren and here were hundreds aggregated feeding but spread out and scattered in fives tens etc. They were also present in rabbit-bush covered fields and many were feeding along the west banks of a nearly dry drainage ditch. Twenty birds were obtained here. They appear as near as I can remember to resemble the Warner Valley birds. The clay-alkaline soil is the same both places. I drove to Carson City then Reno, no larks seen or heard along the way. only one fled. picked up in the road 27 mi W Fillon. Galena Cr., 7500 ft. Washoe Co., Nevada Oct 1, 1934 Drove out here from Reno this A.M. about 20 miles out on the Lake Tahoe road. Mostly Pinus ponderosa jeffreyi with some White Fir and aspens, willows etc along the creek. In addition to birds shot were seen White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Red-shafted Flicker, Crested Jay, Red-tail Hawk, White-crowned Sparrow.