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Cogswell
1949 Journal 184
Sep. 1 (cont.) 3 mi. N Willow Creek, 700 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif.
From Johnson Prairie we walked about ½ mi NW to a small bog in a saddle on the divide between the drainages of three creek on the SW and Campbell creek on the NW, N of Bram. ran mtn. A logged-off area along the trail with scattered Douglas Fir & many sizes of Tan Oak & Golden Chirguapin held a troop of 5 or 6 Steller Jays (on which I used 3 shots unsuccessfully), several chipmunks (C. turrnuli) and many Sceloporus sp. [Gullion collected 18 graciosa]
Beyond this is uncut Douglas Fir forest, with tall Tan Oak & Chirguapin and many small western Yew (Taxus brevifolies) trees under the canopy. This forest reaches to & surrounds the bog, which is about 40-50 yards in diameter & is bordered by a number of Port Orford Cedars (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana), Red Alders, and a few Salix scouleriana. The altitude, as estimated from an old (portion of) U.S. Forestry Service (?) topo map, is 3300 ft. The bog itself has water only in a tiny pool at one side now, but it is soft to firm mud everywhere else. There is a good growth of a sedge (Carex vesicularis), Junceus effusus L., and a slender grass over most of it. Tracks of Black Bear (old), deer, Bob-cat (fresh); and squirrels were seen in the mud. Chestnut-backed Cheekadee, Steller's Jay, & Red-breasted Nuthatch were seen.