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Transcription
Crowley, 1942
Journal
May 23 Cedar Grove S Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif.
May 23, 1942
Warbler was feeding in an oak in the vicinity. A Sierra Creeper worked up the trunk of a large Pine. He took the service Rd. east through the canyon where the road crossed our trail. We proceeded east we saw Robin, Calaveras Warbler, Swift, Seoloparu, heard Chickadees from the tops of pines. He wandered down into a campgrounds at the end of the service road, just above Kings River. While hunting for a Road going west (they all went east) we saw a White-headed Woodpecker, an Ash-throated Flycatcher. The latter was perched on one of the topmost branches of a dead Junie, turning his head from side to side. He flew north to another dead tree and perched again. Mari confirmed my Flycatcher identification when she saw the tail dip, and she identified it as the Ash-throated Flycatcher.
She heard a Chipping Sparrow, tracked it down and we watched it fly to a forked limb in a Yellow Pine. It sat there [illegible] quite comfortably for a while then flew