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Crowley 1942
Journal
May 23 Cedar Grove, S Fork Kings R., 4600 ft, Fresno Co. Caly.
May 23, 1942
unidentified by me. I saw a junco in a Canyon Live Oak. At last, my fruitless efforts to catch a Scoloporus ended, and this time I caught one under a bush on the east facing slope of the canyon. Shortly after another was caught on a southeast slope on rocks surrounded by Mountain Mustang (5500 ft.) The peculiar rattled of Cicadae disturbed me no end as I was moving there and other lizards. With one eye out for rattlesnakes, plus the other eye and two ears attuned to Cicadae, my arm was spoiled. Climbing steadily, I soon came to the border of Sequoia National Park. The place abounded in lizards and Jays. The latter set up a tremendous clamor in the tops of the Pines, announcing the arrival of an intruder. Two Chickadees called from across the canyon, then all the birds seemed to quiet down. There were signs of Ground Squirrel along the trail. At a point where a small creek crossed the trail and plunged down into a ravine, a small bird, grey bodied, puzi about Marbles, with