Field notes, v570
Page 195
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Cogswell 1949 Journal 30 Apr. 10 Jawbone Ranger Station, near Jawbone Creek, alt. 3500', Stanislaus Nat'l Forest, Tuolumne Co., Calif. (cont'd p.3) 0519 - "chip-chyeeep" calls heard from up on ridge above. (species ??). 0520 - Purple Finch - sang. 0522 - Black Phoebe - "song" - steadily, from near cabin 0523 - Brewer's Blackbird - " " - " " " by 0530 (I was dressing) - Warbling Vireo - in song. - Flicker - song, in distance. From 0530 - 0630 I hiked over to the creek, noting a Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus), call note - but didn't catch sight of the bird; and thence thru yellow Pine - white fir forest to more open yellow- Pine - manzanita & Ceanothus cuneatus growth on ridge to west of the creek. In more exposed, S.E. facing slopes the chaparral is high & thick; on the pro- tected slopes only Chamaefirea and occasional smaller Arctostaphylos bushes cover the ground (Q. kelloggii) under the pines. Black oaks there are not yet beginning to leaf out, although some are well out in lower canyons we came through yesterday. Some scrubby Q. chrysolepis here too. Birds & mammals recorded during this hour are: Red-shafted Flicker - 1 Bush tit - 2 (squeak) acorn woodpecker - 2 White Br. Nuthatch - 1 heard singing Hairy Woodpecker - 1 Bewick's Wren - 1 " Steller's Jay - 4 Robin - flock of 5, flew over. Scrub Jay - 1 * Varied Thrush - 17 came to squeak