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Cogswell
1949
Journal
28
Apr. 9. Jawbone Ranger Sta. 3400' alt., Stanislaus Nat'l
Forest, Tuolumne Co., Calif. Came here with
Dr. Leopold's class in Game Management, driving
from Berkeley via Route 50 to Route 120 W. of
Manteca thence to Groveland in the foothills
where we assembled into caravan -> turned
N. on dirt road a few miles E. of town, which
led down into canyon of Tuolumne River opposite
Jawbone Ridge. In chaparral of N.-facing slope
there was met T. Diney of the deer population
study project here and stopped at several
points enroute to the ranger station for purposes
of learning about various aspects of deer study.
A few mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) were
seen in oak-woodlands of lower Jawbone Ridge.
The following birds were noted during our few min.
utes in the almsotowna - Ceanothus cuneatus - are tosylphos
chaparral of N.-facing slope:
Calyptr anua - 1 ? singing
Thrymaues lenwichi - 1 " (heard)
Chamaea fasciata - 1 " "
{Colaptes caerulea - 1 heard.
Pipilo maoulatus - heard
singing
" fusces - heard
Junco. sp. - " "
Enroute up the canyon of Corral Creek several
Pipulo maoulatus & 1 Torostoma redinimum were heard
singing at dusk. about 11 P.M. I heard one
Bubo virgianus from my sleeping-bag.
Apr. 10. Before breakfast I surveyed the vicinity
of the station for birds: from 5 to 5:30 A.M.
by tallying those heard from my campsite;