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Crowly 1942
Journal
May 23 Cedar Grove S Fork Kings R. 4600 ft., Fresno Co. Calif.
May 23, 1942
Mrs Grumells field glasses up the trail with me. I was extremely thankful, shortly, that I had done so. The sun scorchd my face and arms. She field glasses steadily gained weight, the birds came so thick and fast and lizards scotched across the trail so frequently, that I juggled pen, paper, lizard stick, bag and field glasses like mad.
I tried to move a Scaloporus but failed miserably. Next I sighted a Calavero Warbler (identified later) flying from a Yellow to a Sugar Pine, to a Cedar. From the Cedar this Warbler flew to a small Oak tree, joined its mate there and the two flew off toward the north. The area is depicted roughly below:
T = trail
SP = Sugar Pine
F = Fresno Cedar
R = Rock
Y = Yellow Pine or Log above Trail
O = oak
In between the birds mentioned above and below,
it may be understood, I kept trying to move Scaloporus. A chip chip! like a Ruby-crowned Kinglet remained.