Cogswell 1950 Sphyrapicus varius June 20 near RR Sta., 6800 ft, Norden, Placer Co. Calif. - about 9 a.m. one flew into tall Jeffrey Pines in open mixed stand of Jeffrey & Lodgepole Pines. It called a few times, then dropped almost to the ground alighting on [illegible] stem of a willow in the 8 ft. high thicket falling a low wet spot here. The stem it utilized did not appear over 1/2 inch diameter. as we approached to check just how it managed to cling there, the bird flew on to another willow clump 200ft away, perching crosswise of a sloping stem there. It soon hopped up, wood- pecker fashion onto a more vertical willow stem - still small in diameter. A few minutes later, it flew to a nearby telephone pole & drummed intermittently for several minutes. June 21 - E base Disney Peak, 1.3 mi SSW Donner Pass, Placer Co. Calif. - 1 seen in patchy Red fir - Lodgepole Pine - White Pine forest near 1/8 to 1/4 mile broad, cleared ski slopes. June 23 - N base Disney Peak (see above) - 1 in denser fir + pine forest. July 5 SW end Squaw Valley, 6300 ft, Placer Co. Calif. - 1 flew across base of new ski lift & into scraggly white fir on slopes recently partly cleared. July 6 - Norden, 6800 ft, Placer Co. Calif. - drumming heard at about 9 a.m. from same area as on June 20. Bird not followed up today. on June 26 [record of observations of a bird at a feeding tree, made by Mr. & Mrs. Virgil Rosentbaum is appended] July 7 N side Bear Valley, 4580ft, Placer Co. Calif. - 1 ad seen in dense yellow pine - incense cedar - black oak forest on flat [illegible] edge of broad meadow.