Field notes, v569
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Cogswell 1950 Regulus satrapa 2 July 20 Sugar Bowl Lodge to "Sugar Bowl", 7000-7300 ft., 1.2 mi. 55w to 1.5 mi. S by W Donner Pass, Placer Co., Calif. about 10 heard in denser forest areas of red fir, silver pine, & mountain hemlock. No songs. July 23 High Meadow, 7800 ft., to ¼ mi. W Star Lake, 9000 ft. Carson Range, Eldorado Co., Calif. - about 10 heard (5+ seen in one group, including juveniles) along 2 mi. or so of trail thru fairly sparse red fir, lodgepole pine, & silver pine forest. - slope S of Star Lake, 9300 ft. - 1 seen in mountain hemlocks amid scattering of same in whitebark pine subalpine woodland. July 24 near Sugar Bowl Lodge, 7000 ft. [see above] - 1 pair feeding 7+ insistently begging fledglings on limbs of firs or knoll by several cabins. 5 of young were in a close row on one branch, the others in a nearby tree; all were about 45-50 ft. above ground. July 25 Flock of 5 seen in forest near lodge. July 31 1+ heard singing, the first full song heard for 20 days. Aug. 3 About 20 encountered, a few in each of 3 aggregations of small birds (warblers, cheeba- dees, etc.) on a 2/3 mi. walk thru dense forest. Aug. 10-16 2 to 10 on each of most trips thru denser forests (red fir + pines). Aug. 25 7100 ft., ½ mi. S Donner Pass, Placer Co., Calif. 3+ heard in patches of dense forest of lodgepole & silver pine fronting on a rocky, quarrel- coved slope.