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Cogswell
1950
Dendroica auduboni
June 17 to June 30} near Sugar Bowl Lodge, 7000 ft., 1.2 mi. 55 W Donner Pass,
Placer Co., Calif. - 2 singing 8" on, 2\ hr. walks in red fir,
all 1-2.5
lodgepole pine, white pine forests.
June 20 Soda Springs, 6750 ft., Nevada Co., Calif. - 1♂ in full breed-
ing plumage, and a ♀ separate from him, were forag-
ing on the ground + about wood litter at horse
Corral; with the nearest trees (lodgepole pines)
150 to 300 ft away.
June 23 N side Bear Valley, 4585 ft., Nevada Co., Calif. - 2 seen in
edge of dense incense cedar, yellow pine, & black
oak forest.
June 24 Cisco Grove, 5650 ft.; on S fork Yuba R., Placer Co., Calif.
1♂ seen in tall Black Cottonwood trees, but near lodge-
pole & Jeffrey pines.
June 30 Big Bend Camp Ground, 5800 ft.; on S fork Yuba R. Placer Co., Calif
about 5 heard singing in tall, dense conifers (white
fir, Jeffrey pine, lodgepole pine). 1♂ & 1♀ came to my
whistled owl call, along with other species.
July 7 N side Bear Valley, 4585 ft. (see above) - 1♂, 1♀ seen in edge of firs,
- 5100 ft., 1/3 mi. S Lake Spaulding, Nevada Co., Calif. - 5♂ heard
singing in tall, dense forest of white fir, yellow pine,
incense cedar, & sugarpine (few), with good understory.
July 14 near Sugar Bowl Lodge [see above]: 2 NESTS located,
each situated on the leafy part of a much-branched
horizontal limb of red fir; but tho on the main
branch, each was fairly well hidden by small
twigs & needles around it. Pair of adults
feeding young in each nest.
The first nest -- , about 18 ft. up over a wet, boggy