Field notes, v567
Page 137
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Logswell 1949 Journal 100 3 mi. N Willow Creek, 700 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. Aug. 31 (cont) at camp earlier in the a.m. I collected a Sickleated warbler. also hunted a bit near camp in the p.m., but found hardly anything. Dr. Pearson left for Berkeley this a.m., so Murray & I were the only ones trying for bats tonight. I shot & obtained 2 from over the road by camp. one is apparently mystis (lucifugus?) & the other mystes californi- cus. (see species) Sep. 1 at 10:00 a.m. Yullion -> I drove up the "Three Creeks Road," which leaves the highway just N. of Brigard's Grocery in Willow Creek and leads toward the S. end of the mountain ridge (to the W. of Trinity River valley) which cul- minates in Brennan Mtn., 3957 ft. Where it leaves the highway this road rises thru douglas fir forest onto a wider terrace older than the one on which the highway is located at this point. The field and woodland areas where we hunted during the past 3 days and & nearby Digger Cricks, yellow cricks, and Golden cup oaks are located on the lower terraces near the highway. The dry shrubland described on p. 97 is on the remnants of a terrace of intermediate height. The highest terrace, over which this road runs, is about 200 ft. above the highway & is partly planted to orchards & gardens, but a fringe of Barry & Black oaks and madron