Field notes, v569
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Cogswell 1950 3 Passerella iliaca July 26 S.slope "Signal Hill" 7100 ft. 3/4 mi. W Donner Pass, Place & Neada Cos, Calif - only 1 heard singing in tall, dense chaparral (including cherry & maple) where 3+ were found regularly a month ago. July 27 2+ in this area (1 seen while other singing). July 31 Sugar Bowl Creek, 7050 ft. 1.3 mi. SSW Donner Pass, Place Co, Calif - 1 singing from dense path of 5 ft. high willows at lower end of a cleared ski slope. This is the first live found on this cold N-facing slope this year [see June 17] Aug.2 { S.slope "Signal Hill" [see above] - Still 2 encounters Aug.3 } on 1/2 hr. trek (1+ hrs uphill, 1/4+ downhill) along edge of chaparral slope. 1 singing on 2nd. singing - exact time yrs 2 heard (different places), 1 of them seen on 3rd. Aug.5 Cisco Grove, 3650 ft. [see p.17] - 1 seen & heard calling (no songs) in some area of dense shrubs along stream where found all summer. Aug.11- 7100 ft., 1/3 mi. S Donner Pass - 1 seen (cf. June 29) Big Bend Camp Ground, - 1 seen (cf. June 30). Aug.22- 6300 ft., 3+ mi. S Lake Van Norden, Placer Co, Calif - 2+ seen in dense manzanita - ceanothus - huckleberry oak - bitter cherry chaparral (cf. July 11). Aug.24 S.slope "Signal Hill" [see above] - 2 foraging together on & bare dirt & sparse herbs of the "jeep" road by the chaparral. One pecked 708 stems at the flowers or seeds of a small pink Liranthus which is abundant here.