Field notes, v569
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Cogswell 1950 Contopus richardsonii 2 July 13 near Sugar Bowl Lodge, 7000 ft., 1.2 mi. SW Donner Pass, -July 18 Placer Co., Calif. - Numbers still same as early July, singing is steady early & late in day. July 26 Valena Cr. Camp, 6600 ft., Washoe Co., Nev. - 1 sitting on a NEST (contents?) saddled on high branch of a completely leafless (recently dead) cottonwood at edge of a clearing by the stream. earl aug. near Sugar Bowl Lodge [see above] - "singing" still frequent, the full "p'tr-tr-tr-ip ------- p'eeur" being given only early & late in day. aug. 6 Carson City, 4675 ft., Ormsby Co., Calif. - 1 pair very busy at feeding 3+ fledglings in lower branches of trees and on lawn below them in grounds of state capitol. at noon on abt day. mid. aug. near Sugar Bowl Lodge [see above] - vocalizing in mid-day greatly reduced, altho still heard from a few individuals. I haven't been out in carly a. m., but think they are nearly silent now. late aug. no full "p'eeur" calls recorded in 20-26th period, though birds are still present in more or less full numbers.