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Behle
1933
Mead Riverford, 2700 ft. Above Ruth, Trinity Co. Calif.
May 23
v 72 f Alaska Scaled Warbler 6.1 g ovary:
Taken in cottonwoods near streamside May 22nd.
v 73 f Western Bluebird 27.8 g ova::: This f was
the mother of the five young taken with the
nest.
v 74 m Chestnut-backed Chickadee 9.5g. Tister large O
Taken by R.M. Gilmore in grove of Oaks at
bottom of Littlefield Canyon.
In making the rounds baiting the
trap line this afternoon one f Eurasian
was found at base of small pine tree.
The night before last was a bitter
cold night. A crust of ice 1/8 to 1/4"
in thickness covered the water basin
and at 6:30 P.M. the camp thermo-
meter read 33 deg F. All day long
it was cold cloudy and rained
off and on clearing up between
spells. Then late in the afternoon
it started to drizzle and kept it
up steady all night long. Today
with we have had some rain it has
been for the most part warm and
sunny - the first real sun we
have experienced.
In spite of the rain last night
the trap line catch was good as