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Copperwell
1950
Regulus calendula
June 17 near Sugar Bowl Lodge, 7000 ft., 1.2 mi. SSW Donner Pass, Placer Co., Calif.
2 heard singing in red fir - lodgepole pine - white pine forest,
both on fairly gentle NW slope.
June 17 (p.m.) Yuba Pass, 5800 ft. Nevada Co., Calif. - 1 heard singing in
dense conifers (yellow-Jeffrey pine, incense cedar, white
fir, etc.) near a small pond.
June 20 near Sugar Bowl Lodge 7000-7300 ft (see above) - 5 heard
.. 21) singing on pre 2 hr. walk in red fir - white pine forest
on steeper N.-facing slopes. 3 singing in forest below
Sugar Bowl itself on 21st.
June 23 5100 ft., 1/2 mi. S Lake Spaulding, Nevada Co., Calif. - 1 heard
(lateam) singing in tall, dense conifers.
July 1 near Sugar Bowl Lodge (see above) - 2+ singing regularly in
July 3 red fir - white pine forest on N. base of Deaney Mtn &
Crow's Nest Peak respectively .. The former one
is accompanied occasionally by a scolding #; but so
far I have located no nest.
July 6 6800 ft., near Norden R.R. Sta., Placer Co., Calif. - 1 singing in
matter open lodgepole pine - red fir forest near large
This locale a much more xeric one than those above.
July 7 2100 ft., 1/2 mi. S Donner Pass, Placer Co., Calif. - 1 singing in
same vicinity as R. satrapa (see that sp.). This occur-
rence of both kinglets in the same areas & even the
same trees at times is amazing. One would think
they would compete ecologically, yet no evi.
dence of animosity between them has come to my
attention.
July 9 7100 ft., Middle Martin Cr., Placer Co., Calif. - 1 heard singing, 1 seen in
conifers near dependable stream.