Field notes, v569
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Cogswell 1950 2 Zonotrichia leucophrys (orientalis) June 27, 7400 ft., 2.2 mi. E, 1/3 mi. S Mt. Rose, Carson Range, Washelo. July 12 Rev. - 1 (or several?) heard singing from fee[...] weet thickets on a small grassy flat by small lake. This is the "Mt. Rose Bowl" ski area. June 28 E. side Boca Res. [see June 22] - about 5 found, 3 of them singing from sagebrush bordering grassy swale. July 2 Sugar Bowl Lodge, 7000 ft., 1/2 mi. SSW Donner Pass, Placer Co. Calif. - 1 ad. trapped in treble-type trap set on feeding tray over 3 ft. high young pines by alder-bordered stream. It was banded (#48-110627) & released. altho many are found in the thickets bordering the stream & the meadow beyond it, they do not come near the grain & raisins I've been using for bait. July 8 Hampshire Rocks Camp 3rd, 5900 ft., 9 1/4 mi. W, 1/3 mi. S Donner Pass, Placer Co., Calif. - 1 singing from willows & creek dogwood thickets along stream in lodge. pole pine - red & white fir - Jeffrey pine forest. There are also many aspens & cottonwoods along the stream, but no open meadow. This is the lowest altitude W of the Sierras crest at which I have found the species to date. July 10 E. side Boca Res. [see June 22, 28] - about 5 seen or heard in some area &t on previous visits. Still several singing. 1 pair seen carrying food (caterpillars) scolded us vehemently from tops of sagebrush.