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Cogswell
1950
Salpinctes obsoletus
June 24 N. slope Disney Peak, 7400 ft., & 1.3 mi. 55W Donner Pass, Glacier C. Calif.
of agglomerate
1 singing from outcroppings, 2 bouldery slopes on cleared
areas near Sugar Bowl ski lift.
June 27. Reiger Lookout, 5500 ft., 2 mi. E Steamboat Springs, Washoe C. Nev.
Several (3+) seen, heard singing on rock outcrops &
road cuts in pinon-juniper woodland area. George
Treichel, who followed them up, reports seeing 6 birds
at once within an area of 50 ft. diameter, 4 of
them singing!
July 12 2 heard singing in this same area, but at widely
divergent points today.
July 23 Greel Peak & Job's Sister, 10,500-10,900 ft., Carson Range,
Eldorado, alpine los. Calif. - 3 heard in tumbled
rock & fell-fields of summit ridge well above
timber line.
July 30 6600 ft., ½ mi. E Donner Pass, Glacier-Nevada C. Calif.
1 heard on extensive talus below S.P.R.R. tracks
Aug. 5 Floriston, 5300ft., along Truckee R. Canyon, Nevada C. Calif.
1 hopping about the brick & concrete ruins of the old
paper mill along S.B. tracks of the river.
Aug. 9 Reiger Lookout [see above] - 1 ad., carrying insects
in bill, progressed across a grassy slope by
short flights from low rock to low rock & finally
went on into pinons. It made 2 or 3 quick
runs (successful?) after small grasshoppers from
its perch on one rock.
Aug. 10 7950 ft. peak, 2 mi. 5W Donner Pass, Glacier C. Calif. - 1 on
barren, volcanic rock cliff of ridge above forested slopes.