Field notes, v569
Page 455
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Cogswell 1950 Sialia currucoides July 28 Soda Springs, 6750 ft., Nevada Co., Calif. - 1 ♀, 2♀♀ still in usual haunts near horse barn, coral a pump house below earthen L. Van Norden dam. aug.1 only 1 ♂ seen here. aug.2 E. slope "Signal Well" 7100 ft., 3/4 mi. W Donner Pass, Placer Co., Calif. - 1 ♂ in fairly bright plumage (certainly not as worn as the ♀ of L. Van Norden pair of July 6) foraged over, amongst a low shrubs of a cleared slope above paved highway. aug.3 1 female in this same area. aug.5 Stampede Valley, 6000 ft., eastern Sierra Co., Calif. - 3 seen along road in low, very dry sagebrush country - but with a trickle of water in nearby low swale. aug.6 near Renoa, 4800 ft., Douglas Co., Nev. - 1 flying low over sagebrush-covered alluvial fan near W. edge of broad, open Carson Valley. aug.7 near Mary L., 7050 ft., 1/3 mi. SSW Donner Pass, Placer Co, Calif. - 1 ♂ on mire over sandy clearing in pachly forest + chaparral. aug.17 Little Truckee R. valley, 5850 ft., 1½ mi. SW Stampede Valley [see above] Sierra Co., Calif. - 3♀♀ seen in sagebrush-bordered, grasssy valley pastured to cattle. aug.24 NE side L. Van Norden [see p. 4, before] - 1♀ still present (same one?), but not near nest hole in pole. aug.25 near Mary Lake [see above] - 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ in same sandy clearing.