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Coggswell
Journal
122
Red Mtn, 5300 ft. 14 mi. S Hayfork, Trinity Co., Cal.
Sep.9 (cont.) This is in the open pine forest on a
w facing slope just above a small opening
apparently caused by serpentine exposure. There is
a narrow belt of shrubs around this
opening. Birds and chipmunks were
numerous (see table, p. 123A#, and species accites
of Glauisium gnoma, *Dendroscopus albolarvatus,
*Basserella iliacia, Eutamias amoenus, *Eutamias
sonomae). One chickaree was also seen
heard; it apparently wanted to come to
the water but found my presence some
50 feet away too much to overcome.
Beyond this point I walked to
within about 1 1/2 miles of Red Mtn. itself.
collected 1 of each species starred in paragraph
to the above
(2 of Basserella) at the spring, and
1 Eutamias townsendi about 1/2 mile further
south east.
Photos were taken of the area near Smoky
Creek Spring, of the view south-eastward
to North Yolla Bolly Mtn. from the point
farthest from camp which I reached, and of
(3)(4) (5) vegetation types encountered along the
ridge.
Sep 10
From 7:40 to 10:30 a.m. I hunted thru the shrubland
a small barren "field" on the ridge by our camp,
thru down thru open pine forest into the