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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.